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Anthropometry Flashcards

1
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The Anatomical and Mechanical Structure
of the Human Body.

The science that measures the range of
body sizes in a population

In the real world we used this as of setting up
a workstation

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Anthropometry

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Why is it important to study anthropometry?

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People come in many sizes and shape

To create product and environment
that are comfortable, safe, and easy to use

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Focus on preventing injuries in production, maintenance, and
service tasks.

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Injury prevention

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Improve productivity and quality through ergonomic solutions

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Performance Enhancement

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• Office ergonomics (e.g., workstation setup).
• Tool design for usability.
• Disability accommodation in the workplace.
• Human factors design (interaction between humans and
systems).

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Specialized Areas of Application

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Major Human Functional Areas

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Strength
Body Sizes
Control of Work by People
Endurance of People
Mental Aspect of Work
Environment in which People Work

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7
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varies considerably
between regional populations.

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Anthropometric Data

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a straight-line point to
point vertical measurements.

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Height

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a straight-line pointto-point horizontal measurement
running across the entire body or a
body segment

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Breadth

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10
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a straight-line pointto-point measurement between
landmarks
on
the
body

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Distance

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a point-to-point
measurement following a contour
(usually neither closed nor
circular)

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Curvature

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a closed
measurement that follows a body
contour

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Circumference

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a
point-to-point
measurement following the long
axis of the arm or leg

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Reach

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anatomical figure that shows
the body in standard pose.

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Anatomical Position

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Anatomical Positions

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  1. Standing Position
  2. Sitting Position
  3. Supine Position
  4. Prone Position
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16
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Position when the body is lying
face up.

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Supine Position

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Position when the body is lying
face down.

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Prone Position

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Measuring Planes

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• Frontal or Coronal plane
• Transverse or Horizontal
plane
• Medial or midsagittal
plane

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Q

is the plane that dividing the
body into front and back
portion.

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Frontal or Coronal Plane

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20
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-is the plane that divide the
body in upper and lower
portion.

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Transverse or Horizontal Plane

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21
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divides the body equally
the right and left portion of the
body.

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Medial or Midsagittal Plane

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22
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The common practice in ergonomics is to specify anthropometric data
in terms of ________.

refers to a percentage of the
population with a body dimension up to a certain size or smaller.

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Percentile

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23
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help
designers
determine the range of human
measurements to accommodate
in a design.

They identify the
percentage of the population
that falls within a specific
measurement
range.

This
information aids in product
design, user selection for testing,
and precise specification of
dimensions.

A

Percentile

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24
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Identifies the clearance requirements

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People in the 95th percentile

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They are the ones who can comfortably use the products or perform in the workplace

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Average size people

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26
Q

a
technique
used
a
set
of
measurement
grids, usually
attached to the inside cor-ner of two
vertical walls meeting at right
angles.

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Morant Technique

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27
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it may reference a small or large
bone anthropometer. It has A
graduated rod with a sliding edge
at a right angle.

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Anthropometer

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28
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to measure the diameter
around which fingers can
close.

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Cone

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29
Q

Used to measure circumferences
and curvatures

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Tape

30
Q

Can
be
used
for
short
measurements
such
as
finger
thickness or finger length

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Sliding Caliper

31
Q

has two curved branches joint in a
hinge. The distance between the tips
of the two branches is read on a
scale attached on the caliper.

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Spreading Caliper

32
Q

Measure skinfold thickness at
multiple sites on the body in
order to calculate body fat
percentage.

A

Skinfold Caliper

33
Q

record all three-dimensional (3D) aspects
of the human body. They allow the
recording of practically infinite numbers of
measurements, taken from the recording
at one’s convenience.

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Photographs

34
Q

uses template or casting

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Shadow Technique

35
Q

Used to measure the external diameter of
the finger

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Circular Holes

36
Q

used as a distance-measuring device to determine
the shape of irregular bodies.

A

Laser

37
Q

A recognizable point on
the body used as a
reference for identifying
and measuring other
structures.

A

Anthropometric landmarks

38
Q

help
analyze
body
mechanics and design
tools and workspaces
that promote natural
positioning and reduce
strain.

A

Anthropometric Landmarks

39
Q

Types of Landmarks

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Bony Landmarks
Soft Tissue Landmarks

40
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Common Landmarks

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Cranial Landmarks
Thoracic Landmarks
Abdominal Landmarks
Pelvic Landmarks

41
Q

Head Landmarks

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Vertex
Nasion
Glabella
Subnasale

42
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Upperbody Landmarks

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Acromion
Iliac Crest
Suprasternale
Mid-sternale
Radiale
Tenth Rib
Iliocristale

43
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Lower Body Landmarks

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Trochanterion
Patella
Malleolus

44
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Hand and Wrist Landmarks

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Radiale
Stylion
Dactylion

45
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Foot Landmarks

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Akropodion
Metatarsale
Pternion

46
Q

Foot Landmarks

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Femur Epicondyle
Heel (Calcaneus)

47
Q

particularly
from an anthropometric perspective,
revolves around designing environments
that
align
with
human
physical
capabilities, promoting comfort and
efficiency while minimizing strain.

A

Working Space

48
Q

The space defined by the arm’s
movement from the elbow. This
area is ideal for frequent tasks
since it minimizes effort.

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Primary Reach Envelope

49
Q

Defined by the entire arm’s movement from the shoulder, used
for infrequent or light tasks due to
reduced strength and stability

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Secondary Reach Envelope

50
Q

One-size-fits-all” is a common problem for
industry and can be solved by providing
____________ at the workplace.

A

adjustability

51
Q

Adjustability allows
the
workplace to fit a wide variety
of workers. It demonstrates
that adjustability can either be
_______ or _______

A

Intrinsic or Extrinsic

52
Q

It is the anatomical position of the body
at rest.

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Neutral Posture

53
Q

When in neutral, muscles are in a resting
length where _________ (muscles that are
contracting and responsible for causing a
certain joint motion)

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agonist

54
Q

(muscle that is relaxing or lengthening)
muscles are balanced and relaxed.

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antagonist

55
Q

Fingers - curled (flexed) as if loosely holding an _____
cm cylinder or ball, and certainly not fully
open (extended) or tightly closed (flexed)

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8-10

56
Q

Thumb - slightly curved (flexed) at the first
metacarpal phalangeal joint (knuckle) and
lightly touching the __________

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index finger

57
Q

Forearm - resting so the thumbs are pointed forward,
and the palms are neither facing forward
__________ or facing behind _________

A

(supination)
(pronation)

58
Q

Elbow - roughly bent at __________, and
neither extended (arm straight) nor
tightly flexed (bent)

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90 degrees

59
Q

Shoulder - upper arm hanging by the side of the body,
and not raised forward _______, away from
the side of the body ________, or across
the body _________

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(flexed)
(abducted)
(adducted)

60
Q

-It is occurs when the body part is forced to
support itself or hold an object still in space without
motion

-Occurs when performing activities in constrained
workplaces or workplaces that simply do not fit the
worker.

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Static Work

61
Q

Occurs when lungs cannot put enough oxygen into the bloodstream to keep up with the demands of your muscles fir energy

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Anaerobic Metabolism

62
Q

Delivers an ample supply of oxygen from the blood to the muscles

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Aerobic System

63
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Types of Anthropometric Data

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  1. Structural
  2. Functional
  3. Newtonian
64
Q

are measurements of the bodily dimensions of subjects in fixed
(static) positions.

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Structural or Static Anthropometric Data

65
Q

• collected to describe the movement of
a body part with respect to a fixed reference point

•useful for designing workspaces and
positioning objects within them

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Functional or Dynamic Anthropometric Data

66
Q

• Data is used in the mechanical
analysis of the loads on the human
body.

• required in those
circumstances which we wish to apply Newton’s Laws of Motion
to the human body

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Newtonian Anthropometric Data

67
Q

term we shall use to describe the
particular subset of structural and functional data that is
required to apply Newton’s Law of Motion to the analysis of
human activity.

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Newtonian Anthropometry

68
Q

The only correct way of lifting

A

Kinetic Lifting

69
Q

Difference between intrinsic and extrinsic

A

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70
Q

Difference between intrinsic and extrinsic

A

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