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Basic Kinesiology Terms Flashcards

1
Q

What is the standard reference position that is used to define terms that describe the physical location of the structures of the body and points on the body?

A

Anatomical Position

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What term means to the front?

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Anterior

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3
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What term means to the back?

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Posterior

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4
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What is closer to an imaginary midline?

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Medial

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5
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What is farther from the midline?

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Lateral

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6
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What means above? (towards the head)

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Superior

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7
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What means below? (away from the head?)

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Inferior

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8
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What means closer to the axial body?

A

Proximal

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9
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What means farther from the axial body?

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Distal

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10
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What means closer to the surface of the body?

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Superficial

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11
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What means farther from the surface of the body?

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Deep

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12
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What terms can be used for the forearm?

A

Radial and Ulnar

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13
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What terms can be used for the leg and sometimes in the foot?

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Tibial and Fibular

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14
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What terms can be used for the hand? in place of anterior and posterior

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Palmar and Dorsal

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15
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What means towards the head?

A

Cranial

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16
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What means towards the tail of the body?

A

Caudal

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17
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What are terms that describe location?

A

Combining terms of location

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18
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What are the 3 planes?

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Frontal, Sagittal, Transverse

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19
Q

What plane divides the body into left and right?

A

Sagittal

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20
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What plane divides the body into front and back?

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Frontal

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21
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What plane divides the body into top and bottom?

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Transverse

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22
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What is a plane that is not perfectly sagittal, frontal or transverse?

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Oblique

23
Q

What is an imaginary line around which a body part moves?

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Axis / Axes

24
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IF the body part moves in a straight line, what is it described as?

A

Nonaxial motion

25
Q

What is the corresponding axis of sagittal plane?

A

Oriented side to side

26
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What is the corresponding axis of frontal plane?

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Front to back

27
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What is the corresponding axis of transverse plane?

A

Up and down

28
Q

What do movement terms describe? and what do they not describe?

A

Describes a direction of motion,
Does not describe a static location

29
Q

What is the anterior movement of body part within sagittal plane?

A

Flexion

30
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What is the posterior movement of body part within sagittal plane?

A

Extension

31
Q

What is the lateral movement away from the midline?

A

Abduction

32
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What is the lateral movement toward the midline?

A

Adduction

33
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What is a side bending movement toward the right within the frontal plane?

A

Right lateral flexion

34
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What is a side bending movement toward the left within the frontal plane?

A

Left lateral flexion

35
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What is a movement within the transverse plane in which the anterior surface of the body part moves to face more laterally? (away from midline)

A

Lateral rotation

36
Q

What is a movement that moves to the anterior surface to face more medially?

A

Medial rotation

37
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What is a movement within the transverse plane in which the anterior surface of the body part moves to face more to the right?

A

Right rotation

38
Q

What moves the anterior surface to face more to the left?

A

Left rotation

39
Q

What is a movement wherein the body part moves superiorly?

A

Elevation

40
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What occurs when the body part moves inferiorly?

A

Depression

41
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What is a movement where in the body part moves anteriorly?

A

Protraction

42
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What is a posterior movement of the body part?

A

Retraction

43
Q

What is a linear movement that occurs in the lateral direction?

A

Right / Lateral Deviation

44
Q

What terms can be applied to motion of the forearm at the radioulnar joins and motion of the foot at the subtalar joint?

A

Pronation and Supination

45
Q

What happens when the foot inverts at the subtalar joint when it turns its plantar surface toward the midline of the body?

A

Inversion

46
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What happens when the foots plantar surface is turned outward away from the midline?

A

Eversion

47
Q

What is the term when the foot moves superiorly?
in the direction of its dorsal surface

A

Dorsiflexion

48
Q

What is the term when it moves inferiorly?
in the direction of its plantar surface

A

Plantarflexion

49
Q

What is a composite of abduction, flexion and medial rotation of the thumb?

A

Opposition

50
Q

What is a composite of adduction, extension and lateral rotation of the thumb?

A

Reposition

51
Q

What is the rotation where the scapula upwardly rotates when its glenoid fossa is moved to face more superiorly?

A

Upward rotation

52
Q

What is movement of the arm or thigh in which it begins in a horizontal position and then moves anteriorly toward the midline of the body?

A

Horizontal Flexion

53
Q

What is often used to describe extension beyond anatomic position?

A

Hyperextension

54
Q

What is a sequence of four actions performed one after the other? NOT AN ACTION

A

Circumduction

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