Trail Guide To Movement: Questions & Accurate
Answers
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Active restraint Right Ans - contractile tissues that stabilize a joint
Agonist Right Ans - the muscle (or muscle group) that contracts to produce
a main action
Amphiarthrotic joint Right Ans - a joint that allows a limited amount of
movement
Anatomical position Right Ans - erect posture with face forward, arms at
sides, forearms supinated (so that palms of the hands face forward), and
fingers and thumbs in extension
Antagonist Right Ans - any muscle that executes the opposite action of the
agonist; during the main action, it lengthens
Aponeurosis Right Ans - a broad, flat tendon that attaches to the end of a
muscle
Appendicular skeleton Right Ans - the portion of the skeleton composed of
the arms and legs, pectoral girdle (scapulae and clavicles), and pelvic girdle
(hips)
Arthrokinematic motion- Right Ans - the small, generally unseen
movements occuring between the articulating surfaces of joints
,Articular disc Right Ans - - a ring-shaped piece of fibrocartilage found in
many joints of your body, including the temporomandibular and
sternoclavicular joints
Autonomic nervous system (ANS) Right Ans - the part of the peripheral
nervous system that acts as a control system, functioning largely below the
level of consciousness and controlling visceral functions
Axial skeleton Right Ans - - the skeleton's center including the cranium,
vertebral column, ribs, sternum, and hyoid bone
axis Right Ans - a line that runs perpendicular to a plane and is the pivot
point around which motion occurs
axon Right Ans - a long projection of a nerve cell that typically conducts
electrical impulses away from the neuron's cell body
balance Right Ans - the even distribution of weight
ball-and-socket joint - Right Ans - a triaxial synovial joint where a spherical
surface of one bone fits into the dish-shaped depression of another bone
base of support (BOS) Right Ans - the part of your body (often your feet)
that is in contact with the ground, floor, or other supportive surface
brain Right Ans - the center of the nervous system that functions to
coordinate sensation, intellect, and nerve activity
bursa Right Ans - - a small, fluid-filled sack that reduces friction between
two structures
cadence Right Ans - the number of steps taken per minute
cardinal planes Right Ans - the three major planes that intersect at the
center of the body
cartilaginous joint Right Ans - an amphiarthrotic joint that allows more
movement between bones than a fibrous joint, but less than a synovial joint
, cell Right Ans - the basic structural, functional, and biological unit of all
known living organisms
center of gravity (COG) Right Ans - your body's balance point, located just
anterior to the level of your second sacral vertebrae at the midline of the body
central nervous system (CNS) - Right Ans - - the part of the nervous system
that integrates the information that it receives from, and coordinates the
activity of, all parts of the body
close-packed position - Right Ans - when a joint's surfaces have the
greatest amount of contact, and the ligaments and joint capsule are taut
collagen fiber Right Ans - a group of naturally occurring proteins found in
animals, especially in the flesh and connective tissues of vertebrates
colloidal Right Ans - a property whereby a material is composed of solid
particles suspended in fluid
compact bone Right Ans - one of the two types of osseous tissue that form
bones
concentric contraction Right Ans - - a muscle contraction whereby the
length of a muscle decreases
concurrent forces Right Ans - when two or more forces connect at a
common point but pull in divergent directions
contractility Right Ans - muscle tissue's ability to shorten and develop
tension when stimulated
contraction cycle - Right Ans - the rhythm of molecular activity within a
muscle that produces muscular contraction
coordination - Right Ans - the organization of different elements
cranial nerve - Right Ans - - a nerve that emerges directly from the brain, in
contrast to spinal nerves, which emerge from segments of the spinal cord
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