WorksheetsMuscle contractions and planes of motion
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 10mins
As your bicep pulls weight towards your body the shortening of those bicep muscles is called:
Concentric contraction
Eccentric contraction
Isometric contraction
Lowering the weight during bicep curls lengthens the bicep muscle which is an example of
Concentric contraction
Eccentric contraction
isometric contraction
Movement that decreases the joint angle and is in the sagittal plane.
Flexion
Extension
Movement that increases the joint angle and is in the sagittal plane.
Flexion
Extension
Movement away from the midline of the body in the frontal plane
Adduction
Abduction
Movement towards the midline of the body in the frontal plane
Adduction
Abduction
Movement around a central axis in the transverse plane
Adduction
Abduction
Rotation
Flexion
Exercises that include a side to side motion are in which plane?
Saggital
Frontal
Transverse
Exercises that include a front and back motion are in which plane?
Sagittal
Frontal
Transverse
Exercises that involve a twisting motion are in the
Sagittal plane
Frontal Plane
Transverse Plane
