unit 1 self studies

Question 1

the skull is ____ to the brain

Answer 1

superficial

Question 2

in anatomical position, the wrist is ____ to the elbow

Answer 2

distal

Question 3

the hips are ____ with respect to the shoulders

Answer 3

inferior

Question 4

a saddle sits on the ____ aspect of a horse

Answer 4

dorsal

Question 5

in a golf swing, the path of the HEAD of the golf club could best be described as

Answer 5

curvilinear

Question 6

the belly button is ____ with respect to the spine

Answer 6

anterior

Question 7

when you had your WVU ID photo taken, the camera was looking from the point of view of which cardinal axis?

Answer 7

anteroposterior

Question 8

to view the sagittal plane of a giraffe

Answer 8

to the left or right if it

Question 9

to view the frontal plane of a person, where do you have to stand?

Answer 9

in front or behind them

Question 10

which plane divides the body into superior and inferior halves?

Answer 10

transverse

Question 11

frontal plane axis

Answer 11

anteroposterior

Question 12

sagittal plane axis

Answer 12

mediolateral

Question 13

transverse plane axis

Answer 13

longitudinal

Question 14

which plane divides the body into left and right halves?

Answer 14

sagittal

Question 15

what does orthogonal mean?

Answer 15

at a right angel to something or “square”

Question 16

shoulder adduction takes place in which plane?

Answer 16

frontal

Question 17

which of the following defines “away from anatomical position” in the sagittal plane?

Answer 17

flexion

Question 18

horizontal abduction of the hip takes place in which plane?

Answer 18

transverse

Question 19

ankle dorsiflexion takes place in which plane?

Answer 19

sagittal

Question 20

which joint performs plantar flexion?

Answer 20

ankle

Question 21

neck rotation takes place around which axis?

Answer 21

vertical

Question 22

which joint performs ulnar deviation?

Answer 22

wrist

Question 23

knee flexion takes place around which axis?

Answer 23

mediolateral

Question 24

radial deviation takes place around which axis?

Answer 24

anteroposterior

Question 25

you are standing directly in front of a box of cereal. the box you want is on the top shelf so you reach for it. what is the action of the should?

Answer 25

flexion

Question 26

when doing the famous dance “the twist,” the primary axis of rotation for the torso is

Answer 26

vertical

Question 27

is a person bows their head, what is the action of the neck?

Answer 27

flexion

Question 28

when a ballerina goes up on her toes in her pointe shoes, what is the action of the ankle?

Answer 28

plantar flexion

Question 29

what is the frontal plane position of the wrist when slicing bread with a knife?

Answer 29

ulnar deviation

Question 30

you have to look left then right then left then right again. what is the action of your neck?

Answer 30

rotation

Question 31

what is the action of your neck as you follow the hall from my bat to its peak height?

Answer 31

hypertension

Question 32

in the “down” stroke in cycling, what is the action of the hip?

Answer 32

extension

Question 33

you joint the WVU marching band. in which plane does the knee operate when marching in place?

Answer 33

sagittal