levers, planes and axes

Question 1

what is a lever made of?

Answer 1

Bones, joints and muscles and soft tissue

Question 2

functions of a lever

Answer 2

To generate muscular effort to overcome a given load, and to increase the speed of a given movement 

Question 3

what is a lever?

Answer 3

A rigid bar that turns around an axis to create movement the force to move the lever comes from muscle 

Question 4

what are the three parts of a lever?

Answer 4

Fulcrum, resistance and effort

Question 5

what is the fulcrum?

Answer 5

fixed point where lever systems pivot

Question 6

what is the resistance?

Answer 6

Theload moved usually involving weights 

Question 7

What is the effort?

Answer 7

Force applied to move resistance provided by muscles 

Question 8

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Answer 8

FRE

Question 9

first class lever

Answer 9

Fulcrum is between effort and resistance, like the elbow during javelin 

Question 10

Second class lever

Answer 10

the fulcrum lies at one end with the effort at the other end, like the ankle

Question 11

third class lever

Answer 11

The fulcrum is located at one end, and the resistance is at the other end, like the elbow during a bicep curl

Question 12

efficiency of a lever

Answer 12

Effort divided by weight

Question 13

what increases mechanical avantage

Answer 13

a longer effort arm

Question 14

sagittal axis

Answer 14

Goes through your stomach, side to side movement, abduction, adoption

Question 15

transverse axis

Answer 15

Through the hips, forward or backward movement, extension and flexion

Question 16

longitudinal axis

Answer 16

Access from head to toe, rotational, or turning movements, rotation 

Question 17

frontal plane

Answer 17

Cuts body into front and back, side to side

Question 18

sagittal plane

Answer 18

Cuts body into left and right, forwards and backwards

Question 19

transverse plane

Answer 19

Cuts body into top and bottom, rotational, twisting