Biomechanics Test - T1 Flashcards
The primary focus of sport and exercise biomechanics?
To improve performance and reduce the risk of injury.
The study of the time and space characteristics of movement is called what?
Kinematics.
The hip is proximal to the…
The shoulder is superior to the…
The triceps are posterior to the…
Knee.
Hip.
Biceps.
3 examples of sagittal plane movement?
Flexion.
Hyperextension.
Plantar flexion.
During the preparatory phase of a softball pitch, the hand holding the ball is drawn behind the body prior to the forward swing of the arm. When the hand is drawn back, which movement occurs at the shoulder?
Hyperextension.
What does inferior mean?
Further from the head.
Which plane is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis?
Transverse.
When cycling forward in a straight line, the knee is rotating about what axis?
Mediolateral.
A person uses their right hand to turn a door-knob clockwise. What movement does this involve?
Supination at the wrist.
Which plane does a running motion primarily occur at?
Sagittal.
Distal?
Situated away from the centre of the body or from the point of attachment.
Proximal?
Situated nearer to the centre of the body or the point of attachment.
Superior?
Toward the head end of the body.
Moving an arm (positioned laterally straight out to the side at shoulder height) back to the midline is called what?
Adduction.
The humerus is an example of what classification of bone?
Long bone.
Epicondyle?
Anatomical term for a bony projection.
How many distinct bones are in the spine including the sacrum and coccyx?
26.
How many cervical bones are there including the atlas and axis?
7.
How many vertebrae are there?
33.
How many vertebrae are in the sacrum?
5.
How many vertebrae are in the coccyx?
4.
How many thoracic vertebrae are there?
12.
What is the shoulder girdle made up of?
The clavicle and scapula.