AQA GCSE Physical Education · 8582
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Revise: Joint movementsThe midline is an imaginary line down the centre of the body. It provides a reference for describing sideways limb movements.
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GCSE Physical Education · key term
An imaginary line running down the centre of the body, dividing it into left and right halves.
Used by AQA and OCR
Paper 1
Revise: Joint movementsThe midline is an imaginary line down the centre of the body. It provides a reference for describing sideways limb movements.
Paper 1
An imaginary line down the centre of the body, dividing it into left and right sides.
Use the body’s midline to distinguish abduction from adduction, rather than whether the performer’s hand or foot moves upwards or downwards.
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Imagine a line running down the centre of a standing person. This is the body’s midline. Abduction and adduction describe movement relative to it.