Dance Anatomy & Kinesiology

The Skeletal System and Its Movements 9 greater risk of stress fractures than male athletes (Browning, 2001), and a study of bal ...

10 Dance Anatomy and Kinesiology the larger of the bones, and is the primary weight- bearing bone of the lower leg. The fibula a ...

The Skeletal System and Its Movements 11 Joint Architecture The human skeleton is composed of various bones joined together to f ...

12 TABLE 1.3 Types of Joints Examples Description Fibrous joints In fibrous joints, articulating bones are joined directly with ...

The Skeletal System and Its Movements 13 to the situation with fibrous joints, there is no space between the adjacent bones. Lik ...

14 Dance Anatomy and Kinesiology synovial membrane and synovial fluid that gives rise to the name of this type of joint, “synovi ...

The Skeletal System and Its Movements 15 Gliding or plane joints contain joint surfaces that are generally flat or slightly cur ...

16 TABLE 1.4 Types of Synovial Joints Examples Description Uniaxial joints Hinge In hinge joints, a spool-shaped surface fits in ...

The Skeletal System and Its Movements 17 Anatomical Position Anatomical position is a reference position or start- ing position ...

18 Dance Anatomy and Kinesiology the posterior superior iliac spine (PSIS). Medial refers to closer to the midline while lateral ...

The Skeletal System and Its Movements 19 plane and divides the body into anterior and poste- rior portions of equal mass. The ca ...

20 FIGURE 1.10 Movement of the body in a sagittal plane about a mediolateral axis through (A) the center of mass of the whole bo ...

The Skeletal System and Its Movements 21 knee would allow the motion of bending the knee (knee flexion) in a sagittal plane such ...

22 Dance Anatomy and Kinesiology movement. To aid with this understanding, it is first important to remember that these planes a ...

The Skeletal System and Its Movements 23 faces. In most joints, such as the spine, hip, elbow, wrist, or joints between the digi ...

24 Dance Anatomy and Kinesiology termed hyperextension. For some joints (such as the knee, elbow, or fingers), extension from an ...

The Skeletal System and Its Movements 25 of the cone) while the other end stays stationary (apex of the cone). For example, circ ...

26 Dance Anatomy and Kinesiology the dancer performs a circling motion with the foot on the floor (circular portion of rond de j ...

The Skeletal System and Its Movements 27 In the upper extremity, two specialized move- ment pairs are used to describe movements ...

28 Dance Anatomy and Kinesiology that “P” in pointing goes with “P” in plantar flexion. These movements occur in the sagittal pl ...