Club Pilates Vocabulary

Club Pilates Vocabulary Planes of motion - answerThe movements of the body which are classified into three categories: sagittal, frontal and transverse sagittal plane - answera vertical plane that divides the body into right and left parts; the plane is perpendicular to the ground; movements include front and back or anterior and posterior. Flexion and extension also happen in this plane Frontal plane - answerdivides the body into front and back or anterior and posterior portions; the body moves laterally in this plane or from side to side. Gravity influences movement in this plane. Transverse or horizontal plane - answerThis plane divides the body horizontally, from top to bottom at the torso, and is parallel to the ground. Twisting and rotation is performed within this plane. Gravity does not influence rotation. Supine - answerLying on the back or with the face upward. In anatomical terms, the dorsal side is down and the ventral side is up. Prone - answerBody position in which the person lies flat with the chest down and their back up. In anatomical terms, the dorsal side is up, and the ventral side is down. Midline - answerBisecting of the body vertically down the center; movements of the body are often referred to in their relation to the midline Anterior - answerFront side of the body Posterior - answerBack side of the body Felixion - answerBending movement that decreases the angle between two parts. Extension - answerThe opposite of flexion; a straightening movement that increases the angle between body parts Abduction - answerMotion that pulls a structure or part away from the midline of the body Adduction - answerMotion that pulls a structure or part toward the midline of the body Lateral rotation - answerTurning outward Medial rotation - answerTurning inward