Kinesiology

Question 1

Abduction

Answer 1

Draws away from the midline

Question 2

Adduction

Answer 2

Draws toward the midline

Question 3

Ambulatory

Answer 3

Able to move about, not confined to a bed

Question 4

Anatomical position

Answer 4

to stand erect with arms at the sides and palms of the hands turned forward

Question 5

Anterior

Answer 5

situated in front of or directed toward the front

Question 6

Articulation

Answer 6

connection between bones; joints

Question 7

Axilla

Answer 7

armpit

Question 8

caudal

Answer 8

toward the feet

Question 9

Cephalad

Answer 9

towards the head

Question 10

Cervical

Answer 10

Pertaining to the neck or to the cervix of the uterus

Question 11

Deep

Answer 11

farther from the surface

Question 12

Diffuse

Answer 12

Spread out over a wide area

Question 13

Distal

Answer 13

Farther from the limb root

Question 14

Dorsiflexion

Answer 14

Backward flexion, as in bending backward either a hand or foot

Question 15

Everted

Answer 15

turned outward

Question 16

Extension

Answer 16

Straightening out

Question 17

External

Answer 17

outside

Question 18

Flexion

Answer 18

bending or angulation

Question 19

Frontal/coronal plan

Answer 19

divides body into anterior and posterior parts

Question 20

inferior

Answer 20

lower, farther from crown

Question 21

internal

Answer 21

inside

Question 22

inverted

Answer 22

turned inward

Question 23

lateral

Answer 23

farther from the midline

Question 24

levator

Answer 24

that which raises

Question 25

medial

Answer 25

nearer to the midline

Question 26

Midline

Answer 26

divides body into left and right

Question 27

Palmer or volar

Answer 27

palm side of hand or body

Question 28

Plantar

Answer 28

sole of foot

Question 29

Posterior or dorsal

Answer 29

rear or back

Question 30

pronator

Answer 30

that which turns palm of hand downward

Question 31

prone

Answer 31

body position lying face down with forearms and hands turned palm side down

Question 32

proximal

Answer 32

nearer to the limb root

Question 33

Radial aspect

Answer 33

pertaining to the radial (lateral) side of the arm

Question 34

superficial

Answer 34

nearer to the surface

Question 35

superior

Answer 35

upper, nearer to crown of head

Question 36

Supinator

Answer 36

that which turns palm of hand upward

Question 37

Supine

Answer 37

body position lying face up

Question 38

transverse plane

Answer 38

right angles to long axis; divides the body into upper and lower parts

Question 39

Ulnar aspect

Answer 39

pertaining to the ulnar (medial) side of the arm