Chapter 4 Flashcards
what is a uniaxial joint
joint that act as hinges rotating only 1 axis (elbow)
what is biaxial?
joints that move 2 perpendicular axes such as ankle wrist
multiaxial joints?
allow movement about all 3 perpendiculat axes such shoulder and hip (ball-and-socket)
vertebrae groups
7 cervical 12 thoracic 5 lumbar 5 sacral 3-5 coccygeal
during a straight-leg sit-up the origin (proximal[toward the center of the body]) of the iliacus muscle would be the?
femur because it is immobile
during a straight-leg sit-up the insertion( distal:away from the center of the body) of the iliacus muscle would be the ?
pelvis because it is mobile
what assist is joint stabilization and in braking the limb toward the end of a fast movement?
antagonist
synergist?
assists indirectly in a movement
what is a lever?
a rigid or simiriged body that when sujected to a force whose line of action does not pass throught its pivot point exerts force on any object impeding its tendency to rotate
fulcrum
the picot point of a lever
moment arm
the perpendicular distance from the line of action of the force to the fulcrum.
torque
also called mement, the degree a force tends to ratate an object about a specified fulcrum: magnitude of a force times the length of its moment arm
muscle force
force generated by biochemical activity or sthe stretching of noncontractile tissue
resistice force
force generated by a source extended to the body (gravity, inertia, friction) it acts contrary to muscle force
mechanical advantage
the ratio of the moment arm through which an apllied force acts to that through which a resistive force acts