Chapter 1

Question 1

anatomical position

Answer 1

reference position ( standing, facing straight ahead, feet together, palms forward, elbows and knees straight

Question 2

prone

Answer 2

lying face down (anterior side down)

Question 3

supine

Answer 3

lying face up (anterior side up)

Question 4

sagittal plane

Answer 4

splits into right and left halves
associated movements: flexion, extension, dorsiflexion, plantar-flexion

Question 5

frontal plane

Answer 5

splits into front and back halves
associated movements:
adduction, abduction, inversion, eversion

Question 6

Transverse plane

Answer 6

splits into top and bottom halves
associated movements:
internal rotation, external rotation, horizontal abduction, horizontal adduction, supination, pronation

Question 7

oblique plane

Answer 7

anything that doesn’t fit in the other planes

Question 8

anterior/ventral

Answer 8

front side

Question 9

posterior/dorsal

Answer 9

back side

Question 10

anteroposterior axis

Answer 10

runs front to back in frontal plane

Question 11

superior

Answer 11

above or higher

Question 12

inferior

Answer 12

below or lower

Question 13

superoinferior axis

Answer 13

runs from top to bottom in transverse plane

Question 14

medial

Answer 14

closer to midline

Question 15

lateral

Answer 15

away from midline

Question 16

mediolateral axis

Answer 16

runs medially of the joint to the lateral in the sagittal plane

Question 17

superficial

Answer 17

closer to surface

Question 18

deep

Answer 18

farther from surface

Question 19

ipsilateral

Answer 19

of the same side

Question 20

contralateral

Answer 20

of the opposite side

Question 21

unilateral

Answer 21

one side

Question 22

bilateral

Answer 22

two sides

Question 23

proximal

Answer 23

closer to point of attachment on the trunk

Question 24

distal

Answer 24

farther from the point of attachment on the trunk

Question 25

flexion

Answer 25

angle of joint is shortening

Question 26

extension

Answer 26

angle of joint is lengthening

Question 27

abduction

Answer 27

away from body

Question 28

adduction

Answer 28

add to body

Question 29

pronation

Answer 29

going to prone

Question 30

supination

Answer 30

going to supine

Question 31

inversion

Answer 31

internal motion of ankle

Question 32

eversion

Answer 32

external motion of ankle

Question 33

plantarflexion

Answer 33

downward motion of the ankle

Question 34

dorsiflexion

Answer 34

upward motion of the ankle

Question 35

depression

Answer 35

downward movement of the scapula

Question 36

elevation

Answer 36

upward movement of the scapula

Question 37

circumduction

Answer 37

full circle of a joint

Question 38

form

Answer 38

the shape of something

Question 39

function

Answer 39

how something works/moves

Question 40

relationship with form and function

Answer 40

form influences function and vice versa

Question 41

stability vs mobility

Answer 41

more stable = less mobile less stable = more mobile

Question 42

define applied anatomy

Answer 42

structural kinesiology

Question 43

midline

Answer 43

middle of the body