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What is the term for a foot that is winged to the outer edge?

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Pronation

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What is the term for a foot that is sickled to the inner edge?

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Supination

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What is the biggest bone in the lower leg? What is the name of the smaller one?

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Tibia = biggest
Fibula = smaller
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What is the name for the heel bone?

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Calcaneus

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What is the bone in between the calcaneus and the tibia?

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Talus

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What is the name for the thigh bone?

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Femur

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What is the name for the knee cap?

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Patella

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What is knee flexion?

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When it is bent regularly

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What is knee hyperextension?

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When it is over-straight.

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How much force is placed on your feet when you walk? How much when you run?

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Walking step = 1.5x your body weight

Running step = 3x your body weight

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What is the term for a flexed ankle (heels pulled towards shins)?

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Dorsi Flexion

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What is the term for a stretched ankle (toes pointed away from shins)?

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Plantar Flexion

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What does the head of the femur bone attach to in the hip?

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The acetabulum

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What are the names for the bigger and smaller pieces of bone jutting out near the top of the femur? Which one is medial, which one is lateral?

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Greater trochanter = bigger, lateral

Lesser trochanter = smaller, medial

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What is the term for a leg stretched out in front of you? What is the term for a leg stretched out behind you?

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Flexion = in front (shortening the hip joint angle)
Extension = behind (lengthening the hip joint angle)
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What is the term for taking an extremity away from the midline?
What is the term for taking an extremity toward the midline?

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Abduction = away
Adduction = toward
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What is the name for the outer(lateral) edges of the pelvic bowl?

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Ilium

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What is the name for the bottom of the pelvic bowl?

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Ischium

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What is the name for the front of the pelvic bowl?

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Pubis

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20
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Where is the ASIS?

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On the front edge of the iliac crest.

21
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What is the term for the sitz bones?

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Ischial tuberosities

22
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What is the name for a pelvis tucked under?

A

Posterior pelvic tilt

23
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What is the name for a pelvis pressed back?

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Anterior pelvic tilt

24
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What is the order of the 4 areas of the spine?

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Cervical
Thoracic
Lumbar
Sacral

25
How many vertebra are in the cervical spine?
7
26
How many vertebra are in the thoracic spine?
12
27
How many vertebra are in the lumbar spine?
5
28
How many vertebra are in the sacrum?
5
29
What is the name for bending the spine to the right or left?
Lateral flexion
30
What is the name of the vertebra at the base of the neck that sticks out?
C7
31
What is the name for the collarbone?
Clavicle
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What is the name for the shoulder blade?
Scapula
33
What is the nae for the upper arm bone?
Humerus
34
What is the term for pulling the shoulder blades together?
Retraction
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What is the term for pushing the shoulder blades apart?
Protraction
36
What is the term for the movement of the scapula when the arm raises above your head?
Upward rotation
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What is the term for the movement of the scapula when the arm lowers to your side?
Downward rotation
38
What is the term for the movement of the arm when the palm twists forward and out?
Lateral rotation
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What is the term for the movement of the arm when the palm twists inward and back?
Medial rotation
40
What is the term for moving the arms back behind the body?
Extension
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What is the term for moving the arms forward in front of the body?
Flexion
42
If the head and neck are in a neutral position, how can you tell by looking?
See if the ears are directly on top of the shoulders
43
How can you tell the difference between the internal and external obliques?
The external oblique reaches high up over the ribs, reaching up to the sternum. The fibers run down towards the center, as if your hands are in your pockEts. The internal oblique is smaller and does not reach up as high.
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What is the name for the abdominal muscles in the center that can give a "six-pack" appearance?
Rectus abdominis
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What is the abdominal muscle whose fibers run horizontally?
Transversus abdominis
46
What is the term for the upper calf muscle and lower calf muscle?
``` Gastrocnemius = upper Soleus = lower ```
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What is the name of the muscle that runs from the iliac crest to the lesser trochanter?
Iliacus
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What is the name of the muscle that runs from the lumbar spine to the lesser trochanter?
Psoas major
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What are the 6 lateral rotators of the hip?
``` Piriformis Quadratus femoris Inferior gemelli Superior gemelli Internal obturator External obturator ```

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