Kin

Question 1

What is the most standard position?

Answer 1

Anatomical Position

Question 2

Divides structures into left and right parts

Answer 2

Sagittal Plane

Question 3

Divides into posterior and anterior parts

Answer 3

Frontal Plane

Question 4

Divides into superior and inferior parts

Answer 4

Axial Plane

Question 5

axis along the lengthwise direction

Answer 5

longitudinal axis

Question 6

Axis along the body horizontally from the front to back

Answer 6

sagittal plane

Question 7

Axis runs left to right

Answer 7

frontal axis

Question 8

towards the top

Answer 8

cranial

Question 9

towards the bottom

Answer 9

caudal

Question 10

position when lying face down

Answer 10

prone

Question 11

position when laying on your back

Answer 11

supine

Question 12

includes all the bones along the body’s long axis

Answer 12

axial skeleton

Question 13

the upper and lower extremities

Answer 13

appendicular skeleton

Question 14

towards the top

Answer 14

superior

Question 15

towards the bottom

Answer 15

inferior

Question 16

towards the front

Answer 16

anterior

Question 17

towards the back

Answer 17

posterior

Question 18

towards the midline

Answer 18

medial

Question 19

towards the side

Answer 19

lateral

Question 20

situated on the surface

Answer 20

superficial

Question 21

situated on the inside

Answer 21

deep

Question 22

closer to the origin of the body

Answer 22

proximal

Question 23

farther from the body

Answer 23

distal

Question 24

what is a limb considered as? (hip or shoulder)

Answer 24

origin

Question 25

on the surface

Answer 25

external

Question 26

on the inside

Answer 26

internal

Question 27

bending movement around a joint in a limb

Answer 27

flexion

Question 28

straightening movement

Answer 28

extension

Question 29

extend so that the angle between bones of a joint is greater than normal

Answer 29

hyperextension

Question 30

turning your head is an example of?

Answer 30

rotation

Question 31

raising your arm is an example of?

Answer 31

elevation

Question 32

lowering your arm is an example of?

Answer 32

depression

Question 33

rotatory movement during which the palm and forearm face downward

Answer 33

pronation

Question 34

rotation of the forearm and hand so that the palm faces forward or upward

Answer 34

supination

Question 35

the backward bending and contracting

Answer 35

dorsiflexion

Question 36

movement where the top of your foot points away from your leg

Answer 36

plantar flexion

Question 37

performing a serve in tennis is an example of?

Answer 37

circumduction

Question 38

movement of a limb toward the midline of the body

Answer 38

adduction

Question 39

movement of a limb away from the midline of the body

Answer 39

abduction

Question 40

movement going straight ahead or forward

Answer 40

protrusion

Question 41

movement going backward

Answer 41

retrusion

Question 42

rotation along the long axis of a joint

Answer 42

lateral rotation

Question 43

rotational movement toward the median plane

Answer 43

medial rotation

Question 44

an abnormality

Answer 44

deviation

Question 45

thumb movement that brings the tip of the thumb in contact with the tip of a finger is an example of?

Answer 45

opposition

Question 46

turning of the foot to angle the bottom of the foot toward the midline

Answer 46

inversion

Question 47

turns the bottom of the foot away from the midline

Answer 47

eversion