leLecture 1 - linear and angular motion

Question 1

what is biomechanics?

Answer 1

study of the internal and external forces on the body and the effects produced by these forces

Question 2

qualitative analysis

Answer 2

subject feedback based on biomechanical principles

Question 3

Quantitative analysis

Answer 3

kinetic, temporal and kinematic analysis

Question 4

research

Answer 4

foundational information

Question 5

linear motion

Answer 5

motion that occurs in a straight line

Question 6

distance

Answer 6

path of a body as it moves from one location to another

Question 7

displacement

Answer 7

the distance from the start position to the end position

Question 8

speed

Answer 8

distance moved in a given time

Question 9

velocity

Answer 9

displacement in a given time

Question 10

acceleration

Answer 10

rate of a change in velocity

Question 11

scalar quantity

Answer 11

simple measure of magnitude

Question 12

vector

Answer 12

measure of both direction and magnitude

Question 13

positive acceleration

Answer 13

increasing velocity

Question 14

negative acceleration

Answer 14

decreasing velocity

Question 15

zero acceleration

Answer 15

no change in velocity

Question 16

anglar motion

Answer 16

object turns about an axis

Question 17

angular distance

Answer 17

distance which a rotating body moves

Question 18

angular displacement

Answer 18

displacement equal to angle between initial and final position

Question 19

angular acceleration

Answer 19

rate at which the angular velocity of a body changes with respect to time

Question 20

what are the movements in the saggital plane?

Answer 20

flexion, extension, hyperextension

Question 21

what are the movements in the fontal plane?

Answer 21

abduction, adduction

Question 22

what are the movements in the transverse plane?

Answer 22

rotation, circumduction

Question 23

general motion

Answer 23

combination of linear and angular motion