ACSM STUDY GUIDE || Questions with complete solutions.

BIOMECHANICS correct answers principles of physics related to energy and force as they apply to the human body PROXIMAL correct answers CLOSER TO THE TRUNK DISTAL correct answers further from the trunk SUPERIOR (CRANIAL) correct answers above, toward the head INFERIOR (CAUDAL) correct answers lower than, toward the feet ANTERIOR (VENTRAL) correct answers toward the front POSTERIOR (DORSAL) correct answers toward the back MEDIAL correct answers closer to the midline LATERAL correct answers further from the midline THREE CARDINAL BODY PLANES correct answers sagittal plane, frontal plane, transverse plane SAGITTAL PLANE correct answers makes a division into right and left portions FRONTAL PLANE correct answers makes a division into anterior (front) and posterior (back) portions TRANSVERSE PLANE correct answers makes a division into upper (superior) and lower (inferior) portions ROTATION correct answers movement around a longitudinal axis, either toward or away from the midline CIRCUMDUCTION correct answers a combination of flexion, extension, abduction, and adduction EVERSION correct answers turning the sole of the foot away from the midline INVERSION correct answers turning the sole of the foot toward the midline Bones of the skull, vertebral column, ribs, and sternum... correct answers AXIAL SKELETON VERTEBRAL COLUMN (SPINE) correct answers serves as the main axial support for the body