Biomechanics and Movement Quiz

What is a plane?

What is an axis?

Which plane divides the body into left and right sides?

Which plane divides the body horizontally?

What are the movement possibilities in the sagittal plane?

Which sort of movement listed below occurs in the sagittal plane?

• Flexion and extension

• Backwards and forwards movement

• Sprinting

• Abduction and adduction

Which sporting action listed below occurs in the sagittal plane?

• 360 twist

• Jumping

• Running

• Squatting

Which movement listed below occurs in the frontal plane?

• Abduction/adduction

• Flexion/extension

• Rotation

• Circumduction

What is a lever?

If the elbow is the fulcrum in a biceps curl, what is the load and what provides the effort force needed to move the load?