Week 1 - Kinesiology key terms

Question 1

Axial skeleton

Answer 1

Skull
Vertebra
Ribs

Question 2

Appendicular skeleton

Answer 2

Extremities
Shoulder girdle
Pelvis

Question 3

Flexion

Answer 3

Decrease in relative angle of joint between 2 adjacent segments, bending movement

Question 4

Extension

Answer 4

Increase in relative angle of joint between 2 adjacent segments, straightening movement

Question 5

Abduction

Answer 5

Movement away from midline

Question 6

Adduction

Answer 6

Movement towards midline

Question 7

Medial/internal rotation

Answer 7

Anterior surface moves toward midline, posterior surface moves away from midline

Question 8

Lateral/external rotation

Answer 8

Posterior surface moves toward midline, anterior surface moves away from midline

Question 9

Elevation

Answer 9

Raising of scapula

Question 10

Depression

Answer 10

Lowering of scapula

Question 11

Protraction

Answer 11

Scapula move apart

Question 12

Retraction

Answer 12

Scapula move toward each other

Question 13

Upward rotation

Answer 13

Bottom of scapula moves away from trunk, top of scapula moves towards trunk

Question 14

Downward rotation

Answer 14

Top of scapula moves away from trunk, bottom of scapula moves towards trunk

Question 15

Horizontal adduction

Answer 15

Combination of flexion and internal rotation of arm or thigh across body to midline, horizontal to ground

Question 16

Horizontal abduction=

Answer 16

combination of extension and external rotation of arm or thigh away from midline, horizontal to ground

Question 17

pronation

Answer 17

Palm rotates to face backward/down

Question 18

Supination

Answer 18

palm rotates to face forward/up

Question 19

Lateral flexion

Answer 19

Used when head and trunk tilt sideways

Question 20

Radial flexion

Answer 20

movement of hand towards thumb

Question 21

ulnar flexion

Answer 21

movement of hand towards little finger

Question 22

Plantar flexion

Answer 22

foot moves down, increase in angle between foot and leg

Question 23

Dorsiflexion

Answer 23

food moves up, decrease in angle between foot and leg

Question 24

Inversion

Answer 24

Medial border of foot raised so sole of foot faces in

Question 25

Eversion

Answer 25

Lateral border of foot raised so sole of foot faces out

Question 26

Circumduction

Answer 26

End of segment moves in circular path (possible in any joint/segment that can move in 2 directions)

Question 27

Planes and axes

Answer 27

Sagittal plane
Mediolater axis

Tranverse plane
Vertical axis

Frontal plane
Anteroposterior axis