Manual of Structural Kinesiology Chapter 1 Foundations of Structural Kinesiology - Planes & Axes ACROSS 2 6 8 14 15 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Axis running at right angle to sagittal plane Divides body into anterior & posterior halves Sit-up axis Long axis Sit-up plane Glenohumeral abduction axis Motion through a plane revolves around Divides body into superior & inferior halves Inversion axis Knee extension plane Dorsiflexion axis Forearm pronation axis DOWN 1 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 13 16 Lateral plane Axis for transverse plane Axis for abduction, adduction movements Imaginary two-dimensional surface which limbs & body segments move through Angle between plane of motion and its axis Axis for diagonal plane Eversion plane Jumping jacks plane Spinal rotation plane Forearm supination plane Plane with equal, bilateral segments Copyright 2021 © McGraw Hill LLC. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw Hill LLC.