Terms & Planes
A person standing upright, face forward, upper limbs hanging to the sides, and the palms of the hands facing forward.
What is the Anatomical Position
How many bones does an adult have?
206
These are the major muscles used during a bench press.
The study of the structure of the body.
What is Anatomy
Which plane passes through the body from front to back.
What is the Sagittal Plane
What are the small bones in our wrists?
What are Carpals
A type of muscle contraction that occurs when a muscle force is equal to resistance and the muscle does not change in length.
What is an Isometric Contraction?
In this type of fracture, the bone protrudes through the skin resulting in an external wound.
What is a compound fracture?
Side lunges occur in which anatomical plane?
What is the Frontal plane
What is the anatomical name for shoulder blade?
What is the Scapula
What muscles are activated during a v-sit with rotational twists?
What is the Rectus Abdominis & the External Obliques?
A type of joint disease caused involving a loss of cartilage at joints.
What is osteoarthritis?
Which anatomical plane is often neglected when weight training?
What is the Transverse Plane
What is the longest bone in the body?
What is the Femur?
This type of muscle tissue comprises the heart.
What is Cardiac muscle?
What type of synovial joint is found at the hip?
What is a ball & socket joint?
Which planes does a front lunge and rotation twist occur in?
What is the Sagittal and Transverse Plane?
What percentage of total body weight does the skeletal system approximately account for?
14 - 20%
These muscles make up the quadriceps.
What is the Rectus Femoris, Vastus Intermedius, Vastus Medialis, Vastus Lateralis?
What are the 3 different synovial joints?
What is ball and socket, gliding joints, hinge joints, pivot joints, saddle joints, and ellipsoid joints.