Chapter 1 Objectives

Question 1

The study of movement

Answer 1

Kinesiology

Question 2

Mechanical principles that relate to the human body

Answer 2

Biomechanics

Question 3

Forces causing movement

Answer 3

Kinetics

Question 4

The time, space and mass aspects of a moving system

Answer 4

Kinematics

Question 5

Describe and identify the arm

Answer 5

The bone between the shoulder and the elbow joint

Question 6

Describe and identify the forearm

Answer 6

Between the elbow in the wrist (includes radius and ulna)

Question 7

Describe and identify the hand

Answer 7

Distal to the wrist

Question 8

Describe and identify the thigh

Answer 8

(femur) between the hip and the knee

Question 9

Describe and identify the leg

Answer 9

(Tibia and Fibula) between the knee and ankle joints

Question 10

Describe and identify the foot

Answer 10

distal to the ankle

Question 11

describe and identify the thorax

Answer 11

(chest) made up of the ribs, sternum, and thoracic vertebrae

Question 12

describe and identify the abdomen

Answer 12

(lower trunk) made up of the pelvis, stomach and lumbar vertebrae

Question 13

describe and identify the neck

Answer 13

cervical vertebrae

Question 14

describe and identify the head

Answer 14

cranium

Question 15

describe and identify the upper extremities

Answer 15

arm, forearm, hand

Question 16

describe and identify the lower extremities

Answer 16

thigh, leg, foot

Question 17

human body standing in an upright position, eyes facing forward, feet parallel and close together, and arms at the sides of the body with the palms facing forward

Answer 17

Anatomical Position

Question 18

toward the midline

Answer 18

medial

Question 19

farther from the midline

Answer 19

lateral

Question 20

front of the body

Answer 20

anterior (ventral)

Question 21

back of the body

Answer 21

posterior (dorsal)

Question 22

away from the trunk

Answer 22

distal

Question 23

toward the trunk

Answer 23

proximal

Question 24

above another location

Answer 24

superior

Question 25

below another location

Answer 25

inferior

Question 26

refers to a position close to the head

Answer 26

cranial

Question 27

refers to a position closer to the feet

Answer 27

caudal

Question 28

towards the surface

Answer 28

superficial

Question 29

below the surface

Answer 29

deep

Question 30

lying straight, with the face, or anterior surface pointed upward

Answer 30

supine

Question 31

horizontal, with the face, or anterior surface, pointed downward

Answer 31

prone

Question 32

refers to two, or both sides

Answer 32

bilateral

Question 33

refers to one side

Answer 33

unilateral

Question 34

refers to the opposite side

Answer 34

contralateral

Question 35

refers to the same side

Answer 35

ipsilateral

Question 36

occurs in more or less straight line from one location to another

Answer 36

linear motion

Question 37

motion occurring in a straight line

Answer 37

rectilinear motion

Question 38

movement occurring in a curved path that is not necessarily circular

Answer 38

curvilinear motion

Question 39

movement of an object around a fixed point

Answer 39

angular motion

Question 40

the relationship of the movement of bones around a joint axis

Answer 40

osteokinematics

Question 41

the relationship of joint surface movement

Answer 41

arthokinematics

Question 42

the bending of one bone on another, bringing the two segments together causing a decrease in joint angle

Answer 42

flexion

Question 43

flexion at the wrist

Answer 43

palmar flexion

Question 44

flexion at the ankle

Answer 44

plantar flexion

Question 45

straightening movement of one bone away from another, causing an increase of the joint angle

Answer 45

extension

Question 46

continuation of extension beyond anatomical position

Answer 46

hyperextension

Question 47

extension at the wrist and ankle joints

Answer 47

dorsiflexion

Question 48

movement away from the midline

Answer 48

abduction

Question 49

movement toward the midline

Answer 49

adduction

Question 50

shoulder movement backward

Answer 50

horizontal abduction

Question 51

shoulder moving forward

Answer 51

horizontal adduction

Question 52

when the hand moves laterally, or toward the thumb side

Answer 52

radial deviation

Question 53

when the hand moves medially from the anatomical position toward the little finger side at the wrist

Answer 53

ulnar deviation

Question 54

trunk moves sideways

Answer 54

lateral bending

Question 55

motion that describes a circular, cone-shaped pattern

Answer 55

circumduction

Question 56

anterior surface rolls inward toward the midline

Answer 56

medial rotation (internal rotation)

Question 57

anterior surface rolls outward, away from the midline

Answer 57

lateral rotation (external rotation)

Question 58

in anatomical position, the forearm is in ______

Answer 58

supination

Question 59

the palm is facing backward

Answer 59

pronation

Question 60

moving the sole of the foot inward at the ankle

Answer 60

inversion

Question 61

moving the sole of the foot outward

Answer 61

eversion

Question 62

linear movement in the same plane parallel to the ground and away from the posterior midline

Answer 62

protraction

Question 63

linear movement in the same plane but toward the posterior midline

Answer 63

retraction