Can you name the parts and landmarks of the pelvis? Which muscle attach where? What movement do they cause at which joint? How does the spine join the pelvis? What type of joint is that?
Can you name the bones in this veiw?
How many ribs? Can you say how many are false, floating etc
Another view. Which one? Whats the purpose of the popliteus? Can you name the bones? Can you name the landmarks, muscle attachment points? Which muscles specifically cross this side of the knee?
Can you in your own words explain the structure of muscle? Can you explain how muscle actually contracts? What is the term for the muscle shortening under tension? Lengthening under tension?
Can you name the bones depicted here? What type of joint is the elbow joint? What movements does this joint make? What muscles cause those movements? Where do they orginate or insert around the elbow joint?
Is this a view of the lateral or medial aspect fo the knee? Can you name the bones? Can you name the landmarks you know on these bones? Can you name which mucles attach to the landmarks and which movement they cause at which joint?
Name the joint that sits into the glenoid fossa. What type of joint is it? How does it differ, how is it similar to the hip joint? Which muscles attach to the landmarks on the scapula? What movement of the scapula do they activate? Can you name the 6 main movements fo the scapula?
Can you tell which view you are looking at for each one of these spinal views? How many cervical lumbar, and thoracic vertebra are there? What are the processes at the 'back' of the spine called? Can you name the 4 curves of the spinal colum? To which vertebra do the ribs attach? How many joints from the one vertebra to the one above or below? Are there any exceptions to this
There are 4 types of bones, namely, short, long, ______ &________.
What type are these?
How can you tell the difference between the upper and lower vertebrae? Which is an example of the cervical, thoracic and lumbar vertebra. can you recognise the sacrum? Can you recognise each plane view of each vertebra show here?
What is a synovial joint? What are the other types of joint and how do they differ from a synvial joint? How does the joint structure affect its function? What is the function of each part of the joint?
Can you tell which plane this is viewed in? Can you recognise all the muscles? Go through each label and check them, to make sure yo know what they are? Which is the posterior aspect?
What plane are youviewing this image in? What bones, joints and mucles can you recognise? What is the covering on the bone surfaces, that looks like an icecream cone in this image?
This is an educational aid to my students studying human movement anatomy. Images used are borrowed from a variety of sources, many to old, or indistinct to acknowledge. They are strictly for EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY
Dr Mark Vella ND is an innovator in integrated medicine and the commercialisation of wellness. With 17 years of qualification, skill and experience in practice in consulting, personal training, bodywork, health education and natural medicine, he now consults to organisations & corporate wellness providers.
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Since 1992, he has owned and directed the successful MASSAGE ON THE BEACH in Cape Town, whilst studying further in Western Medicine and an honours in Business at the Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town.