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Sports Medicine: Movement & Directional Term QUIZ

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Bending the joint to make the angle between the two bones smaller.

a)

Flexion

b)

Extension

c)

Abduction

d)

Adduction

2.

Moving away from midline

a)

Flexion

b)

Extension

c)

Abduction

d)

Adduction

3.

Moving toward the midline.

a)

Flexion

b)

Extension

c)

Abduction

d)

Adduction

4.

Straightening the joint to make the angle between the two bones larger.

a)

Flexion

b)

Extension

c)

Abduction

d)

Adduction

5.

If you tilt your head to touch your ear to your shoulder, you are completing:

a)

Flexion

b)

Lateral Flexion

c)

Extension

d)

Adduction

6.

When screwing in a screw with your right hand, you are doing?

a)

Supination

b)

Pronation

c)

Flexion

d)

Extension

7.

When unscrewing a screw with your right hand, you are doing?

a)

Supination

b)

Pronation

c)

Flexion

d)

Extension

8.

A circular motion combining flexion, extension, abduction, and adduction.

a)

Protraction

b)

Retraction

c)

Circumduction

d)

Pronation

9.

The transverse plane (horizontal plane) divides the body in to_____ and _____ sections?

a)

Left and Right

b)

Front and Back

c)

Top and Bottom

10.

The coronal (frontal) plane divides the body into ______ and ______ sections.

a)

Left and Right

b)

Front and Back

c)

Top and Bottom

11.

The sagittal plane divides the body into and sections.

a)
Anterior
b)
Posterior
c)

Medial

d)

Lateral

12.

In anatomical position…

a)

The body is erect with the feet parallel and the arms hanging at the sides with the palms facing backward

b)

The body is lying face up with the feet parallel and the arms at the sides with the palms facing backward

c)

The body is erect with the feet parallel and the arms hanging at the sides with the palms facing forward

d)

The body is lying face down with the feet parallel and the arms at the sides with the palms facing backward

13.

Which anatomical term means towards the surface?

a)

Deep

b)

Superficial

c)

Lateral

d)

Anterior

14.

What term means lying face down?

a)

Supine

b)

Prone

c)

Efferent

d)

Afferent

15.

Which of the following statements is correct?

a)

The toes are proximal to the ankle

b)

The elbow is distal to the wrist

c)

The nose is medial to the ears

d)

The knee is lateral to the foot

16.

Which anatomical term best completes the following sentence: “The fingerprints are ________ to the elbow”?

a)

Proximal

b)

Superficial

c)

Distal

d)

Lateral

17.

The directional terms “distal” and “proximal” deal only with the appendicular portion of the human body. This means that the terms are only used to describe…

a)

The pelvic region

b)

The torso

c)

The head and neck

d)

The arms and legs

18.

Directional terms are used in Anatomy to accurately describe the location of a particular body part or region in orientation to the surrounding parts and regions. If a region is described as “anterior” to another region, where is it?

a)

In front of the region

b)

Behind the region

c)

More internal to the region

d)

More external to the region

19.

The arm or leg rotates medially toward midline

a)

Lateral Rotation

b)

Medial Rotation

c)

Circumduction

d)

Extension

20.

What term means lying face up?

a)

Supine

b)

Prone

c)

Efferent

d)

Afferent