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What sports are hinge joints used for?
in football when your about to kick the ball you have to flex and extend your leg.it allows you to bend and straighten (flexion and extension) the joint, for example, when kicking a ball in football, you bend your leg in preparation and then straighten your leg to kick the ballyour hinge joint is used in foot ball when kicking the ball
What is the possible movement at the elbow joint?
flexion and extension
What is The joint that permits only flexion and extension?
Which type of diathrotic joint permits flexion and extension only?
Elbow flexion and extension occur in which plane?
Though flexion and extension can occur in a variety of planes depending on the body's position, if you have a body in anatomical position, then all flexion and extension occurs on the sagittal plane.
Vertebral Foraminal Entrapment on Hip Flexion and Knee Extension?
Vertebral Foraminal Entrapment on Hip Flexion and Knee Extension
What is the medical term meaning movement that is opposite flexion?
Extension is the opposite of flexion.
The opposite of extension?
contract shorten shrink sever
What are examples of reverse muscle action of the human body?
The rectus femoris THe regular Muscle Action is hip flexion with knee extension, as in kicking a ball or doing a straight leg raise The reverse muscle action is still hip flexion with knee extension, but as in doing sit-ups while lying supine with knes straight ahead
What types of exercises are plantar flexion hip flexion hip extension knee flexion and side leg raises?
balance
What is the difference between the movements flexion and extension?
Flexion is the movement that decreases the angle between body parts, such as bending the elbow. Extension is the movement that increases the angle between body parts, like straightening the knee. Essentially, flexion brings body parts closer together while extension moves them further apart.
What is function of elbow?
Flexion and extension of the forearm.
What Hinge joints are capable of?
Flexion and Extension
