kinesiology chapter1

Question 1

Kinesiology

Answer 1

The study of movement

Fields involved : anatomy, phisiology, physics and geometry which all relate to human motion.

Question 2

biomechanics

Answer 2

mechanical principles that relaye directly to the human body

Question 3

kinetics

Answer 3

forces that cause movement

Question 4

kinematics

Answer 4

time, space and mass aspects of a moving system

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chronic

Answer 5

long time

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lateral

Answer 6

outside

Question 7

epocondile

Answer 7

end of long bone

Question 8

itis

Answer 8

inflamation

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medial

Answer 9

inner

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Anatomical position

Answer 10

human body standing upright eyes forward, feet parallel and close together arms at the side of body with pals facing forward

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Fundamental position

Answer 11

same as anatomical but palms facing the side of body

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medial

Answer 12

location or position toward midline- inner

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lateral

Answer 13

refers to position or location further from midline

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anterior

Answer 14

refers to front of body or position closer to the front than the back

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posterior

Answer 15

back of body or position more to the back

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superior

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above

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inferior

Answer 17

below

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ventral

Answer 18

synonym for anterior

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dorsal

Answer 19

synonym for posterior

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distal

Answer 20

away from trunk

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proximal

Answer 21

towards trunk

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cranial

Answer 22

close to or toward head

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caudal

Answer 23

closer to feet

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superficial

Answer 24

depth of a structure- more on surface

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deep

Answer 25

closer to the core of body

Question 26

Sagittal Plane of motion

Answer 26

splits body in left and right half passes front to back flexion/extension

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Frontal plane of motion

Answer 27

divides body in front in back passes side to side abduction/adduction

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Transverse plane of motion

Answer 28

divides body top and bottom passes through horizontally rotation

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Frontal Axis of motion

Answer 29

runs through joint side to side

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Sagittal axis of motion

Answer 30

runs through joint from front to back

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Vertical axis of motion

Answer 31

Runs through joint from top to bottom.

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flexion

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bending movement of one bone on another causing a decrease in joint angle

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extension

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straightening movement of one bone from another causing increase in joint angle

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hyperextension

Answer 34

is moving into extension beyond anatomical position

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abduction

Answer 35

movement away from midline

Question 36

adduction

Answer 36

bringing back toward midline

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circumduction

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combination of motion in which the distal end of the extremity makes a wide circle in the air

Question 38

rotation

Answer 38

movement of bone or part around its longitudinal axis

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inversion

Answer 39

moving sole of foot inward at ankle

Question 40

eversion

Answer 40

moving sole of foot outward at ankle

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prrotraction

Answer 41

movement along a plane parallel to the ground away from midline

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retraction

Answer 42

movement along a plane parallel to the ground toward midline

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supination

Answer 43

body in anatomical position with palms anterior

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pronation

Answer 44

forearm position with palm posterior or down

Question 45

palmar flexion

Answer 45

extension at wrist

Question 46

plantar flexion

Answer 46

extension at ankle

Question 47

dorsiflexion

Answer 47

flexion at ankle

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horizontal adduction

Answer 48

flexed 90 deg and adducted

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horizontal abduction

Answer 49

shoulder is flexed 90 deg and abducted

Question 50

ulnar deviation

Answer 50

adduction of the wrist in anatomical position | moving closer to ulna

Question 51

radial deviation

Answer 51

abduction of the wrist in anatomical position | moving closer to radius

Question 52

thorax

Answer 52

chest

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abdomen

Answer 53

lower trunk

Question 54

cranial

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head

Question 55

supine

Answer 55

lying straight with face or anterior pointed upward

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prone

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horizontal with face or anterior pointed downward

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bilateral

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two or both sides

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contralateral

Answer 58

opposite side

Question 59

ipsilateral

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same side of body

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linear motion

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occurs more or less in straight line from one location to another. same distance , same direction at the same time

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rectilinear motion

Answer 61

movement that occurs in a straight line

Question 62

curvilinear motion

Answer 62

curved path that is not necessarily circular

Question 63

angular motion

Answer 63

movement of an object around a fixed point (axis)