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Physical Education A Level

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Getting Ahead

Physical Education A Level at Alton Campus

Are you studying PE A Level at Alton Campus in September? If so, you’re in the right place!

These tasks have been designed to provide you with a good grounding in functional anatomy and physiology. Some of it you may already know from school, but it’s always good to keep fresh in your mind.

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By September, you should be familiar with the following terms:

  • Articulation – where two bones meet together at a joint
  • Flexion – when the joint angle decreases
  • Extension – when the joint angle increases
  • Abduction – moving a limb away from the body’s mid-line
  • Adduction – moving a limb towards the body’s mid-line
  • Circumduction – circular motion of the arm
  • Rotation – when a body part turns about its long axis
  • Pronation – turning the wrist to make the palm face the ground
  • Supination – turning the wrist to make the palm face the sky
  • Lateral flexion – bending the spine sideways
  • Dorsiflexion – making the toes point upwards
  • Plantarflexion – making the toes point to the floor
  • Agonist – the prime mover muscle that is contracting
  • Antagonist – the relaxing muscle that is lengthening

Fill in the table below using either your existing knowledge or look it up online.

Joint Joint Type Articulating

Bones

 Movements

Possible

 Agonist

Muscle

 Antagonist

Muscle

 Use in Sport
Wrist

 

 Synovial Radius, Ulnar, Carpals 1.

2.

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Radio-Ulnar

 

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Elbow

 

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2.
Shoulder

 

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Spine

 

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Hip

 

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Knee

 

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Ankle

 

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