Anatomical terms

Question 1

Bursa is

Answer 1

A sac of synovial fluid located at friction points, especially around joints

Question 2

Abduction is

Answer 2

Movement away from the midline of the body. This is a frontal plane motion

Question 3

Supination consists of:

Answer 3

Inversion, Adduction and Plantar flexion

Question 4

Valgus is

Answer 4

Lateral angulation of the distal segment of a joint, turning the foot out

Question 5

The Frontal Plane

Answer 5

Divides the body or body part into front and back portions. Also known as Coronal Plane

Question 6

Dorsiflexed is

Answer 6

A position in which the foot is deviated, parallel to the sagittal plane, towards the anterior surface of the tibia

Question 7

Pronation consists of:

Answer 7

Eversion, Abduction and Dorsiflexion

Question 8

Distal means

Answer 8

further from the trunk

Question 9

Flexion is

Answer 9

Bending the joint

Question 10

Superior means

Answer 10

Above the point of reference

Question 11

Lateral means

Answer 11

The side or aspect away from the midline of the body

Question 12

Dorsal aspect of the foot relates to

Answer 12

The upper surface

Question 13

Heel Strike is

Answer 13

Floor contact with the heel; the normal mode for initiating stance. In normal walking this is the same as initial contact

Question 14

Posterior means

Answer 14

Behind. To the rear of the body or limb

Question 15

Inversion is

Answer 15

Motion of the foot parallel with a frontal plane that tilts the foot more toward the midline of the body

Question 16

With the body in the ‘anatomical position’ inversion of the foot occurs in

Answer 16

The frontal plane

Question 17

Plantarflexionis

Answer 17

Movement of the foot away from the anterior surface of the tibia.

Question 18

Concentric contraction is

Answer 18

A contraction in which the origins and insertions of the contracting muscle are brought closer together owing to the action of the muscle

Question 19

The plane which divides the body into right and left portions is the

Answer 19

Sagittal plane

Question 20

Above the point of reference means

Answer 20

Superior

Question 21

Adducted

Answer 21

position in which the foot or its distal part is rotated internally
(parallel with the transverse plane) towards from the midline
of the bod