Tension, Compression, Torsion, Shearing, Bending

Forces on the Body

by Stacy King

​Basic Kinetic Concepts

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​Force

• push and pull

Mass and Weight

Pressure

• force spread over an area

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Multiple Choice

A term to explain the change of direction of an object

• Force

• Pressure

• Mass

• Equilibrium

​Mechanical Stress

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• Compression

  • Squeezing

• Tension

  • pulling

• ​Shear

  • tearing​

• Torsion/Torque

  • twisting​

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Multiple Choice

What type of Force is exhibited here?

• Tensile

• Torque

• Compression

• Shearing

Multiple Choice

What type of Force is exhibited?

• Compression

• Shearing

• Tensile

• The DarkSide

Multiple Choice

Bending and Twisting forces are due to

• multiple Forces acting on a structure

• Torsion and Compression acting on a structure

• The Tensile tearing caused by Forces

• A new Tik Tok dance

​Deformation

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​Change in shape

• ​Elastic

  • the ability to retain shape after force is removed

• Plastic

  • ​Some amount of deformation is permenent

Multiple Choice

Elastic deformation occurs when an object undergoes deformation due to an externally applied Force and does not retain it's original shape

• True

• False

​Medical Language Origins

• ​Latin

• ​Greek

​Word Parts

• ​Root Word

• ​Suffix

• ​Prefix

• ​Combining terms

​Root Word

​foundation word

​Suffix

​Word ending indicating something pertaining to the root word

• ​Study - ology

• ​Removal - ectomy

• ​Inflammation- itis

​Prefixes

​Modify or change meaning

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​a/an- without

​anti- opposing

​ab- move away from

​ad- move toward

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​Combining Vowel

​Has no meaning on it's own

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​usually an "o"

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​hemat/o

​cardi/o

​gastr/o

​Remember

• ​Take the terms apart

• ​Use the medical dictionary to help identify

  • ​root words

  • ​suffixes

  • ​prefixes