Lecture 1: Anatomy Review

Question 1

What are the 4 anatomical planes?

Answer 1

Median (midline)
Sagittal (parallel to median)
Frontal (divides into front and back)
Transverse (divides into upper and lower)

Question 2

What is valgus?

Answer 2

body segment is turned outwards from its proximal to its distal end (knocked knees)

Question 3

What is varus?

Answer 3

body segment is turned inwards from its proximal to its distal ends (bowed legs)

Question 4

What is hyperlordosis?

Answer 4

Excessive curvature of the spine in the lumbar region (super arched lower back)

Question 5

What is kyphosis?

Answer 5

dorsally excessive thoracic curvature of the spine (hunchback)

Question 6

Is bending of a joint:
- circumduction
- flexion
- extension
- rotation

Answer 6

flexion

Question 7

What is movement of a body segment away from the midline?

Answer 7

Abduction

Question 8

What is rotation?

Answer 8

Movment around axis itself

Question 9

What is circumduction?

Answer 9

Combination of add/abduction and flextion/extension

Question 10

What is dorsiflexion?

Answer 10

flexed foot

Question 11

What is plantarflexion?

Answer 11

pointed foot (relevé)

Question 12

Explain inversion of the foot:

Answer 12

bottom of feet face each other

Question 13

Explain eversion of the foot:

Answer 13

bottom of fett face away from each other

Question 14

Explain supination of the foot:

Answer 14

inversion, plantarflexion, adduction

Question 15

Explain pronation of the foot:

Answer 15

eversion, dorsiflexion, abduction