Kinesiology Vocabulary

The body plane that separates the front and back.

• Sagittal

• Frontal

• Transverse

____________ contraction happens when muscle length is unchanged.

• Concentric

• Eccentric

• Isometric

Extremities (arms/legs) are a part of what skeletal system?

• Axial

• Appendicular

The skeletal system provides a _____ and ______ framework.

• standard

• rigid

• round

• mobile

The ___________ plane divides the body into top and bottom halves

• Sagittal

• Frontal

• Transverse

_________ is returning a limb to the anatomical position in the frontal plane.

• AB-duction

• AD-duction

• Rotation

• Flexion

Moving a limb away from the anatomical position in the sagittal plane is called:

• AB-duction

• AD-duction

• Rotation

• Flexion

The shoulder is __________ to the elbow.

• Anterior

• Posterior

• Superior

• Inferior

The knee is located ___________ in relation to the foot.

• Proximally

• Distally

The Sagittal plane separates the body into ______________.

• top and bottom

• front and back

• left and right