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 facing forward

Question 5

Anterior

Answer 5

Situated in from of or directed towards the front

Question 6

Articulation

Answer 6

Connection between bones; joint

Question 7

Axilla

Answer 7

Armpit

Question 8

Caudal

Answer 8

Toward the feet

Inferior

Question 9

Cephalad

Answer 9

Towards the head

Cranial

Question 10

Cervical

Answer 10

Pertaining to the neck or 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 the body into anterior and posterior parts

Question 20

Internal

Answer 20

Inside

Question 21

Inversion

Answer 21

Turning inward

Question 22

Lateral

Answer 22

Further from midline

Question 23

Levator

Answer 23

Raises

Question 24

Medial

Answer 24

Nearer to the midline

Question 25

Midline

Answer 25

Divides the body into left and right

Question 26

Palmer or Volar

Answer 26

Palm side of the hand or body

Question 27

Plantar

Answer 27

Sole of the foot

Question 28

Posterior or Dorsal

Answer 28

Rear or back

Question 29

Pronator

Answer 29

that which turns palm of hand downward

Question 30

Prone

Answer 30

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

Question 31

Proximal

Answer 31

nearer to the limb root

Question 32

Radial Aspect

Answer 32

Pertaining to the radial (lateral) side of the arm

Question 33

Superficial

Answer 33

Nearer to the surface

Question 34

Supinator

Answer 34

that which turns the palm of the hand forward

Question 35

Supine

Answer 35

Body position lying facing up

Question 36

Transverse Plane

Answer 36

Right angles to along axis; divides the body into upper and lower parts

Question 37

Ulnar Aspect

Answer 37

Pertaining to the ulnar (medical) side of the arm