Kinesology

Question 1

What are the 3 cardinal planes of the body?

Answer 1

Sagittal
Frontal (coronal)
Transverse (Horizontal)

Question 2

What motions occur in the frontal plane?

Answer 2

Abduction

Adduction

Question 3

What motions occur in the sagittal plane?

Answer 3

Flexion

Extension

Question 4

What motions occur in the transverse plane?

Answer 4

Medial/Lateral rotation

Question 5

What plane splits the body into medial and lateral?

Answer 5

Sagittal plane

Question 6

What plane splits the body into anterior and posterior?

Answer 6

Frontal plane

Question 7

What plane splits the body into upper and lower sections?

Answer 7

Transverse plane

Question 8

Flexion and extension occur in what plane of motion?

Answer 8

Sagittal plane

Question 9

Medial and lateral rotation occur in what plane of motion?

Answer 9

Transverse plane

Question 10

Abduction and adduction occur in what plane of motion?

Answer 10

Frontal plane

Question 11

What is the most common type of lever in the body?

Answer 11

Class 3 lever

Question 12

What lever is elbow flexion an example of?

Answer 12

Class 3 lever

Question 13

What is an example of a class 1 lever?

Answer 13

Cervical flexion (see saw)

Question 14

Ankle plantarflexion is an example of what kind of lever?

Answer 14

Class 2 lever

Question 15

What are the 3 types of joints that compose the body?

Answer 15

Fibrous (synarthroses)
Cartilaginous (amphiarthroses)
Synovial (Diarthroses)

Question 16

What type of joints are non-synovial and allow for little to no movement?

Answer 16

Fibrous (synarthroses)

Question 17

What are fibrous joints?

Answer 17

Joints made of bones that are united by fibrous tissue

Question 18

What kind of joints make up the sutures of the skull?

Answer 18

Fibrous (synarthroses)

Question 19

What is the term used to describe when a fibrous joint eventually fuses?

Answer 19

synostosis

Question 20

What is synostosis?

Answer 20

Eventual fusion of a joint

Question 21

What are three types of fibrous joints?

Answer 21

Suture
Syndesmosis
Gomphosis

Question 22

What type of fibrous joint is immovable?

Answer 22

Suture

Question 23

The tibia and fibula with the interosseous membrane is an example of what kind of fibrous joint?

Answer 23

Syndesmosis

Question 24

What are 2 examples of a syndesmosis?

Answer 24

tibia and fibula with the interosseous membrane

radius and ulna with the interosseous membrane

Question 25

What type of joint is a gomphosis joint?

Answer 25

Fibrous joint

Question 26

How many gomphosis joints are there in the human body? What are they?

Answer 26

2 in the body | Teeth and corresponding sockets in the mandible

Question 27

A tooth in its socket is an example of what kind of joint?

Answer 27

Gomphosis (fibrous)

Question 28

Amphiarthroses are what kind of joints?

Answer 28

Cartilaginous

Question 29

What are amphiarthoses?

Answer 29

Joints that have hyaline cartilage or fibrocartilage that connect one bone to another.

Question 30

What type of joint allows for little movement?

Answer 30

cartilaginous joint

Question 31

What are 2 types of cartilaginous joints?

Answer 31

Synchondrosis | Symphysis

Question 32

What type of joints are made up primarily of hyaline cartilage?

Answer 32

Synchondrosis

Question 33

What type of joints are the sternum and true rib articulations examples of?

Answer 33

Synchondrosis

Question 34

What type of cartilage makes up symphysis joints?

Answer 34

Hyaline OR fibrocartilage

Question 35

What type of joint is a symphysis joint?

Answer 35

cartilaginous joint (amphiarthroses)

Question 36

What is an example of symphysis joint?

Answer 36

Pubic symphysis

Question 37

What are the 5 distinguishing factors of a synovial joint?

Answer 37

1. Joint cavity 2. Articular cartilage 3. Synovial membrane 4. Synovial fluid 5. Fibrous capsule

Question 38

What type of joint allows for free movement between bones?

Answer 38

Synovial joints

Question 39

What is another name for synovial joints?

Answer 39

Diarthroses

Question 40

What are 3 types of synovial joints?

Answer 40

Uni-axial Bi-axial Tri-axial

Question 41

What are 2 types of uniaxial joints? Provide examples for each.

Answer 41

``` Hinge joint (elbow joint) Pivot joint (AA joint) ```

Question 42

What are 2 types of biaxial joints? Provide examples for each.

Answer 42

``` Condyloid joint (MCP joint of fingers) Saddle (CMC joint of thumb) ```

Question 43

What are 2 types of triaxial joints? Provide examples for each.

Answer 43

``` Plane joint (carpal joints) Ball and socket (hip and shoulder joints) ```