Smart PE

- Smart P.E.
- Unit 1. Starting a new academic year
  - Materials
  - Actions
  - Basic equipment
  - Behavior
  - P.E. places
- Unit 2. Traditional games
  - Pétanque
  - Ropes
  - Bowling
  - Stilts
  - Sack race
  - Handkerchief
  - Tug of war
  - Final activity
- Unit 3. Health
  - The human body
    - Human body parts
    - Human body bones
    - Human body muscles
    - Body movements
    - Body axis
  - Food
    - Food pyramid vs Food plate
- Unit 4. Physical condition
  - Speed
  - Endurance
  - Strength
  - Flexibility
  - Agility
  - Activities
- Unit 5. Chess
  - Pieces
  - Chess board
  - Special Rules
  - Basic strategies
- Autoría y fuentes

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# Body movements

Movements in the human body
FLEXION | Bending | audio/mpeg
EXTENSION | Straightening | audio/mpeg
ABDUCTION | Moving away from the reference axis | audio/mpeg
ADDUCTION | Bringing closer to the reference axis | audio/mpeg
CIRCUMDUCTION | Combination of: flexion, abduction, extension, adduction | audio/mpeg
ROTATION | Movement around a single long axis | audio/mpeg
LATERAL ROTATION | Rotation away from the midline | audio/mpeg
MEDIAL ROTATION | Rotation toward the midline | audio/mpeg
PRONATION | Medial rotation of the radius, resulting in the palm of the hand facing posteriorly (if in anatomical position) or inferiorly (if elbow is flexed) | audio/mpeg
SUPINATION | Lateral rotation of the radius, resulting in the palm of the hand facing anteriorly (if in anatomical position) or superiorly (if elbow is flexed) | audio/mpeg
DORSIFLEXION | Lift the front of the foot | audio/mpeg
PLANTAR FLEXION | Point the toes downward | audio/mpeg
INVERSION | Plantar side toward the medial plane | audio/mpeg
EVERSION | Plantar side away from the medial plane | audio/mpeg
PROTRACTION | Foward | audio/mpeg
RETRACTION | Backward | audio/mpeg
ELEVATION | Superiorly to the reference axis | audio/mpeg
DEPRESSION | Inferiorly to the reference axis | audio/mpeg
OPPOSITION | Thumb movement that brings the tip of the thumb in contact with the tip of a finger | audio/mpeg

The following pictures show you the names of the main body movements.

Tonye Ogele CNX. Body Movements I (CC BY-SA)
Tonye Ogele CNX. Body Movements II (CC BY-SA)

## Multi-choice questions

### Question

EXTENSION

#### Answers

Option 1

Bending

Option 2

Straightening

#### Feedback

Wrong

Correct Option

#### Solution

1. Wrong (Feedback)
2. Correct Option (Feedback)

### Question

ABDUCTION

#### Answers

Option 1

Moving away from the reference axis

Option 2

Bringing closer to the reference axis

#### Feedback

Correct Option

Wrong

#### Solution

1. Correct Option (Feedback)
2. Wrong (Feedback)

### Question

CIRCUMDUCTION

#### Answers

Option 1

Movement around a single long axis

Option 2

Combination of: flexion, abduction, extension, adduction

#### Feedback

Wrong

Correct Option

#### Solution

1. Wrong (Feedback)
2. Correct Option (Feedback)

### Question

LATERAL ROTATION

#### Answers

Option 1

Rotation away from the midline

Option 2

Rotation toward the midline

#### Feedback

Correct Option

Wrong

#### Solution

1. Correct Option (Feedback)
2. Wrong (Feedback)

### Question

PRONATION

#### Answers

Option 1

Lateral rotation of the radius, resulting in the palm of the hand facing anteriorly (if in anatomical position) or superiorly (if elbow is flexed)

Option 2

Medial rotation of the radius, resulting in the palm of the hand facing posteriorly (if in anatomical position) or inferiorly (if elbow is flexed)

#### Feedback

Wrong

Correct Option

#### Solution

1. Wrong (Feedback)
2. Correct Option (Feedback)

### Question

PLANTAR FLEXION

#### Answers

Option 1

Point the toes downward

Option 2

Lift the front of the foot

#### Feedback

Correct Option

Wrong

#### Solution

1. Correct Option (Feedback)
2. Wrong (Feedback)

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