Descriptive Terminology
Osteokinematics
Skeletal System
Arthrokinematics/ Articular System
Biomechanics
100

Refers to the location or position towards the midline

What is Medial

100

What joint motion is pointing your toes?

What is plantar flexion

100

What type of bone is the scapula? Flat or short

What is flat

100

Small, pad like sac found around most joints

What is Bursae

100

How many laws of motion are there

What is 3

200

The ulna is where in relation to the humerus?

What is distal

200

Bob performs arm curls at the gym. What joint motion is being performed at the elbow, as he pulls weight towards chin?

What is flexion

200

This many bones make up the human skeleton

What is 206

200

This plane passes through the body from front to back, and divides the body into right and left parts

What is Sagittal

200

The force occurs in the same plane within the same direction or opposite directio

What is parallel force

300

On a dog abdomen area is called what?

What is ventral

300

Sam carries soup to his daughter who is sick. What joint motion is being performed at the forearm?

What is supination

300

The vertebra is considered what type of bone?

What is irregular bone

300

What joint movement is the rolling of what joint surface on another?

What is roll

300
A state of equilibrium demonstrated when an object's COG is unchanged when it is disturbed

What is neutral equilibrium

400

Sally has a lipoma that is underneath her skin. Where is the lipoma in relation to the skin, superficial or deep.

What is deep

400

An ostrich is known to rest their heads on the ground as they are standing. What joint motion is represented at the neck?

What is flexion of the neck

400

What is mainly responsible for bone resorption?

What is osteoclasts

400

What type of force causes joint surfaces to pull away from one another?

What is traction

400

What lever is when the axis is located between the force and the resistance

What is the first class lever

500

What is the term for the location of the patella in relation to the knee?

What is anterior

500

A movement of one bone on another bone to cause an increase in joint angle is called

What is extension

500

The membrane that surrounds the bone and contains nerves and blood vessels

What is the periosteum
500

A dreidle spins on a table, what type of arthokinematic motion does this represent?

What is spin

500

The type of machine that consist of a grooved wheel that turns on an axle with a rope or a cable is an fixed pulley or movable pulley

What is movable pulley