Understanding Human Movement and Joint Actions Vocabulary

Vocabulary flashcards covering human movement concepts, the skeletal system, joints, muscles, and types of joint movements.

Movement Competency

The ability to perform fundamental movements correctly, efficiently, safely, and confidently in different physical activities and everyday situations.

Physical Literacy

The capability enabled by movement competency that allows individuals to participate successfully in a variety of physical activities throughout their lives.

Skeletal System

The system made up of bones that provide support, shape, and protection for the body.

Joints

The places where two or more bones meet, connecting the bones and providing flexibility to allow movement.

Bones

Rigid structures that provide support and act as levers in the skeletal system.

Skeletal Muscles

Muscles that contract and pull on bones across joints to create movement.

Warming Up

An activity done before exercise that prepares the joints and muscles for physical activity.

Cooling Down

An activity done after exercise that helps the body recover and may reduce muscle stiffness.

Flexion

The movement that decreases the angle between two bones at a joint.

Lateral Flexion

The movement of bending the body to the side, decreasing the angle on one side.

Obliques

The side muscles involved in contracting during lateral flexion.

Horizontal Flexion

The movement that brings a body part forward across the horizontal plane, also called transverse flexion or cross-body movement.

Pectoralis Major

The primary muscle involved in performing horizontal flexion of the arm.

Dorsiflexion

The movement that brings the top of the foot upward toward the chin, decreasing the angle at the ankle joint.