bones and landmarks
muscles
the knee
biomechanics
neuromuscular
100
Acetabulum
What is the point at which the three bones of the pelvis intersect?
100
anconeus
What is the only dedicated extensor muscle of the elbow?
100
Q Angle
What is he angle formed by a line drawn from the anterior superior iliac spine to the central patella and a second line drawn from central patella to the tibial tubercle?
100
The golf ball will hit the green and roll backwards.
What will happen when a golf ball is hit with backspin?
100
They are responsive to the length and rate of change of length of muscle.
What do muscle spindles detect?
200
SC joint
What is the joint at which the sternum and clavicle articulate?
200
"equal length"
What is the meaning of the word "isometric?"
200
The tibial plateau
What do the condyles of the femur articulate with?
200
>1 or < 1
What is the mechanical advantage of a first class lever?
200
motor unit
What is the functional unit of the neuromuscular system, consisting of a single motor neuron and all the muscle fibers it innervates?
300
talus
What is the bone on which the weight of the body is transferred by way of the tibia?
300
spurt muscle
What so we call a muscle whose distance from the origin to the axis of rotation is longer than the distance from the insertion to the axis of rotation?
300
the popliteus
What is the only dedicated knee flexor?
300
the body's speed in a particular direction
What is velocity?
300
axons and dendrites, respectively
What nerve fiber conducts impulses away from the cell body, and which one conducts impulses toward the cell body?
400
Hallicus
What is the word used to designate muscles of the thumb?
400
synergist
What do we call a muscle which cooperates with other muscles to initiate a specific movement?
400
the sartorius
What is the longest muscle in the body? What muscle flexes the hip and the knee?
400
stride length and stride frequency
What are the only ways to run faster?
400
Found beneath the skin, they detect rapid joint angle changes and pressure.
What are Pacinian Corpuscles?
500
fovea capitus
What is the point on the head of the femur to which is attached a tendon, holding it in place in the socket?
500
fusiform
What is the name of the shape of a muscle that is rounded and tapers at both ends? Fibers are long and lie parallel to each other.
500
sesamoid
What classification of bone is the patella?
500
It is the inverse relationship between pressure of a gas or liquid and its velocity of flow.
What is Bernoulli's Principle?
500
It enables me to draw my hand away from a hot stove before I am badly burned.
What is the flexor reflex?