Introduction

Welcome to the human body.

Its contains:

206 bones

650 muscles

360 joints

60,000 miles of blood vessels

90,000 miles of nerves

Luckily you only need to understand most of it! Within this section you will find an introduction to the bones, muscles and joints of the body, use the drop down menu from 'The Human Body' tab above.

TERMINOLOGY

Within this introduction you will find different sections considering terminology, bones, joints and muscles. There are videos to watch, information to read and different tasks to complete.

Terminology:

Firstly watch this great introduction into some of the terminology that will need to be second nature to you.

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The body is described as having 3 planes set at right angles to each other.

- sagittal plane

Divides the body vertically into equal left and right halves

- Coronal plane

Divides the body into front and back portions

- Transverse plane

Divides the body into upper and lower portions

Planes are used to describe the direction the movement occurs, for example:

- Nodding your head – is movement in the sagittal plane
- Shaking head ‘no’ – movement in the transverse plane
- Bending to the side with the trunk – movement in the frontal plane

More information around planes and axis of moment are found in section 2a

When describing movement it is important to think of how the movement occurs – what plane of movement it is, to state the movement direction and also the bone or body part, which is moving.

Watch this animation on the left. It shows you many body movements - but not for every joint. Think about which of the movements would apply to more than one joint.

Try to complete the quiz below once you have finished!

Task: Practising terms and direction of movement…

As the above video suggests, write a sentence that includes the word below:

Quiz!

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