KIN 370

• ___________ is the study of human movement. Kinesiology
• Which of the following is the most appropriate definition of biomechanics?

  The study of mechanical aspects of biological organisms
• Which of the following terms is applied to the study of systems in a constant state of motion?

  statics
• _________ is the study of the action of forces associated with motion and is thought of as the push or pull acting on the body. kinetics
• Which of the following is included in sports medicine?

  Both clinical aspects of exercise and sport and scientific aspects of exercise and sport
• Biomechanical research has contributed to which of the following?

  Injury prevention, Enhanced performance, equipment design or all of the above
• Which type of analysis involves identifying, analyzing and answering a question of interest?

  both quantitative and qualitative
• Which of the following professionals regularly use qualitative observations?

  Clinicians, Coaches, Teachers, and all of the above
• _____________ is the study of the description of motion and commonly references form or technique. kinematics
• Which of the following is an example of a static situation?

  Both a cyclist riding at constant velocity and a person balancing motionless on one foot
• Movements in the transverse plane occur around which axis?

  longitudinal
• Abduction occurs in which plane of motion?

  frontal
• In two dimensional Cartesian coordinate systems, what letter is used for the vertical axis?

  y
• The frontal plane divides the body into equal ___________. front and back halves
• Which of the following describes the knee joint relative to the ankle joint?

  proximal
• Which of the following terms best describes translational motion along a curved line?

  curvilinear
• Which of the following is NOT an example of a sagittal plane movement?

  Lateral Flexion
• During the preparatory phase for an underhand softball pitch, the hand holding the ball is drawn behind the body prior to the forward swing of the arm. When the hand is drawn behind the body, which of the following movements occurs at the shoulder?

  extension
• Which of the following are transverse plane movement at the shoulder?

  Both horizontal abduction and internal/medial rotation
• Which of the following terms means "farther from the head"?

  inferior
• Which of the following is a correct unit of torque?

  N-m
• In the human body, most of the lever systems formed by muscles pulling on bones are what class?

  3rd class
• Torque= force x length of force arm
• force= mass x acceleration
• weight= mass x acceleration due to gravity
• true or false. A ground reaction force is the measurement of the force the ground exerts on the body?

  true
• Which of the following relationships is correct?

  both 1 kg = 2.2 lb and 1 lb = 4.45 N are correct
• Which of the following is a pulling force directed axially through a body?

  tension
• Which of the following is a force directed parallel to a surface?

  shear
• The perpendicular distance between the line of force and the axis defines what?

  moment arm
• true or false. The amount of deformation that occurs in response to a given force depends on the stiffness of the object acted upon. true
• The point on the curve where plastic deformation will occur yield point
• When a larger force is applied to a tissue, it has reached the end of the elastic limit, and will now begin to deform plastic region
• Large force is applied, structural integrity is lost and tissues are damaged ultimate failure point
• When a force is applied to the body, the tissues stretches, but when the force is released, the tissue returns to normal length with no permanent change in length is the elastic region
• Which of the following statements regarding bone growth is true?

  Both longitudinal growth continues only as long as the epiphyses exist and circumferential growth continues throughout most of the lifespan are true.
• Loss of bone mass has been found in which of the following?

  both bed-ridden patients and astronauts
• Which of the following statements is/are true regarding the strength of bone?

  Both cortical bone can withstand more stress than trabecular bone and trabecular bone can withstand more strain than cortical bone.
• Which of the following is known as the longitudinal "growth center" of a bone? epiphysis
• Which of the following is an irregular bone? vertebrae