Movement
Lesson 1
COURSE LEARNING OUTCOME
Students should be able to meet the following intended learning outcomes:
●To gain knowledge and understanding of the different types of joints in the body,
and to learn their structure.
●To explain the movement, giving Practical examples of what movement is uses
during specific actions.
Demonstrate the different types of body movements.
Movement is the change in the
position of a body part with
respect to the whole body. It is
one of the significant features
of all living beings. The blinking
of the eyes, breathing, eating
are all examples of movement.
So we can say that every
second some or the other part
of our body exhibits some or
other kind of movements.
The human body
movements get
polished as we grow
in age. The movement
starts from crawling
and with the increase
in age the person
starts walking leading
to the movement of
the whole organism.
Joints
Joints are points in our body
where two or more skeleton
parts are connected. Different
joints help our body carry out
different activities and
movements.
FUNCTIONAL
CLASSIFICATION OF JOINTS
STRUCTURAL CLASSIFICATION
OF JOINTS
FIBROUS JOINTS
Fixed joints, also called immovable joints, are found where
bones are not flexible. In such joints, bones have been fused
together in such a way that they are fixed to that part, most
commonly to create a structure. A prominent example of a fixed
joint is the skull, which is made up of a number of fused bones.
Examples
upper jaw,
rib cage,
backbone, and
pelvic bone, etc
CARTILAGINOUS JOINTS
Cartilaginous joints are partly movable joints comprising of
symphysis or synchondrosis joints. These joints occur only in
those regions where the connection between the articulating
bones is made up of cartilage. Synchondrosis are temporary
cartilaginous joints which are present in young children and last
until the end of their puberty.
Examples
spinal column and
the ribcage.
SYNOVIAL JOINTS
The synovial joints are the most common type of joint because
this joint helps us to perform a wide range of motion such as
walking, running, typing and more. Synovial joints are flexible,
movable, can slide over one another, rotatable and so on.
Example
These joints are found in our
shoulder joint, neck joint,
knee joint, wrist joint, etc.
ACTIVITY
1.Why learning fundamental movements so important?
2.Aside from the above mentioned fundamental movement
patterns, identify atleast 5 movement patterns that are evident in
your day-to-day life activities and describe each.