The Musculo-Skeletal System and Movement Analysis | AQA A-Level Physical Education (7582)

The Musculo-Skeletal System and Movement Analysis

  • 65 questions
  • 4 subtopics
  • Paper 1: Factors affecting participation in physical activity and sport
  • Paper 1

The Musculo-Skeletal System and Movement Analysis is examined in Paper 1, Factors affecting participation in physical activity and sport.

It covers planes, axes and sagittal plane joint actions, frontal and transverse plane joint actions, joint types, articulating bones and muscle pairs and isotonic and isometric contraction in sporting actions.

Sample questions from The Musculo-Skeletal System and Movement Analysis

Answer each one closed book first, then open the answer.

  1. Planes, axes and sagittal plane joint actions

    What is plantar flexion?

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    Plantar flexion is the ankle movement that points the toes away from the shin. Plantar flexion increases the angle at the ankle.
  2. Planes, axes and sagittal plane joint actions

    Which joint action occurs at the elbow as a weightlifter curls the bar upwards?

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    Flexion occurs at the elbow. The forearm moves towards the upper arm, decreasing the joint angle.
  3. Frontal and transverse plane joint actions

    Which joint action occurs at the hips as the legs come back together in a star jump?

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    Adduction occurs at the hips. The adductor muscles pull the legs back towards the midline.
  4. Frontal and transverse plane joint actions

    Which joint action occurs at the shoulder as a discus thrower swings the arm forward to release?

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    Horizontal adduction occurs at the shoulder. The pectoralis major pulls the arm across towards the midline.
  5. Joint types, articulating bones and muscle pairs

    Why can the shoulder move in all three planes when the knee cannot?

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    A ball and socket joint allows movement about all three axes. A hinge joint moves only in the sagittal plane, so the knee can only flex and extend.
  6. Joint types, articulating bones and muscle pairs

    Which muscles abduct and adduct the shoulder?

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    The middle deltoid abducts the shoulder. The latissimus dorsi adducts the shoulder.
  7. Isotonic and isometric contraction in sporting actions

    Analyse the knee in the downward phase of a squat.

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    The joint action is knee flexion. The quadriceps are the agonist, contracting eccentrically, and the hamstrings are the antagonist.
  8. Isotonic and isometric contraction in sporting actions

    Which type of contraction do the leg muscles perform in a stationary rugby scrum?

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    The leg muscles contract isometrically while the scrum is locked and not moving. Tension is high but muscle length stays constant.

The 4 subtopics

One subtopic is one session. Work down the list.

Subtopic What it covers Questions
Planes, axes and sagittal plane joint actions The sagittal plane and transverse axis, flexion, extension and hyperextension, plantar flexion and dorsiflexion, applied to kicking, sprinting, a bicep curl, a squat and a somersault. 15
Frontal and transverse plane joint actions The frontal plane and sagittal axis, abduction and adduction in a star jump and cartwheel, the transverse plane and longitudinal axis, horizontal abduction and adduction in a discus throw and a skater's spin. 17
Joint types, articulating bones and muscle pairs Ball and socket and hinge joints and their articulating bones, agonists and antagonists at the elbow, knee, ankle, hip and shoulder, the hamstrings and the quadriceps. 17
Isotonic and isometric contraction in sporting actions Isotonic, concentric, eccentric and isometric contractions, analysed in squats, press-ups, a bicep curl, a scrum, a high jump take-off and a tennis forehand. 16
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How the guide is worked

Answering a question from memory stores it far better than reading the answer again. The guide runs that as a fixed procedure on one subtopic at a time, about twenty minutes a session.

  1. Step 1 · Closed book

    Cover the answers. Work through one subtopic and write down what you can. Leave blanks where you have nothing.

  2. Step 2 · Open book

    Go back to the top. Read each printed answer and write it out in full, including the ones you had right.

  3. Step 3 · Closed book again

    Same questions, same order, from memory. The gap between pass one and pass three is the session result.

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