Orthotic Fitter Test Questions and Answers Already Passed

Orthotic Fitter Test Questions and Answers Already Passed What are the Four Groups of Tissue? Epithelial, Connective, Nervous, Blood What are the Seven Organ Systems? Skeletal Muscular Nervous Circulatory Respiratory Visceral (Abdominal) Lymphatic Anatomic Position Erect body, with feet together and the palms of the hands facing forward. Median Plane Passes from the top to the bottom and separates the body into right and left. Medial Positions TOWARD the median plane Lateral Positions AWAY from the median plane Sagittal Plane Any plane parallel to the median Coronal/Frontal Plane Separates the body into the forward half and the back half. Anterior Refers to objects in front of the plane Posterior Refers to objects on the back half of the body Transverse Plane Separates the body into an upper and a lower half. Superior Positions above the transverse plane Inferior Positions below the transverse plane Flexion Extension Flexion- bending movement that DECREASES the angle between two parts. ex. bending the elbow Extension- opposite of flexion-straightening the movement that INCREASES the angle between body parts. EX. when standing up the knees are extended What is Abduction? Away from the midline of the body Ex. raising the arms, laterally, to the sides. What is Adduction? Away from the midline of the body. ex. bringing the knees together. What is pronation? a rotation of the forearm that moves the palm from an anterior facing position to posterior facing position. AKA palm facing down. What is supination? The rotation of the arm where the palms are facing up. What is dorsiflexion? Flexion of the entire foot superiorly. Ex. taking ones foot off an automobile pedal What is plantarflexion? Flexion of the entire foot inferiorly, as if pressing an automobile pedal. Occurs at the ankle.