NFPT EXAM Exam Prep Questions And Answers (202472025)
Ligament - ✔✔Fibrous tissue that hold joints together. less elastic than tendons.
Tendons - ✔✔Connects muscle to bone. Formed from fibrous tissue. Much stronger than muscle.
Cartilage - ✔✔Covers the end of each bone
Synovial Fluid - ✔✔thin film of slippery fluid that separate cartilage.
Flexion and Extension - ✔✔Flexion: bending of joint that decreases the angle.
Extension: straightening of a joint that increases the angle.
Circumduction - ✔✔circular movement of the joint. Ex. arm circles
Later flexion - ✔✔side bends
Eversion and Inversion - ✔✔Eversion: rotating foot so the sole of the foot points away from the
other.
Inversion: sole of the foot points toward the other.
Lateral Rotation and Medial Rotation - ✔✔Lateral: rotating limb away from the center of the body.
Medial Rotation: rotating limb toward the center of the body.
Retraction and Protraction - ✔✔Retraction: posterior (toward the back of the body) movement of
the arm at the shoulder. scapula pinches.
Protraction: anterior movement (toward the front of the body) of the arm at the shoulder. scapula
separates.
, 3 Main Classifications of Joints - ✔✔1) Ligamentous: immovable. Between bones of the skull.
2) Cartilaginous: slightly moveable. discs between spinal vertebrae.
3) Synovial: highly movable. Ball and socket, Pivot.
Shoulder Complex - ✔✔Sternoclavicular (SC): saddle type
Acromioclavicular (AC): gliding
Glenohumeral (GH): ball and socket, multi axial movement
Rotator Cuff - ✔✔Supraspinatus
Infraspinatus
Teres Minor
Subscapularis
Chest Muscles - ✔✔Pectoralis Major: Adduction and flexion of the humerus.
Pectoralis Minor: Depress and protracts the scapula.
Shoulder Muscles - ✔✔Deltoids: abduction of the humerus; medial rotation of the humerus.
Forearm Muscles (Posterior, Superficial/Intermediate) - ✔✔Brachioradialis
Extensor Carpi
Radialis Longus
Extensor Carpi
Radialis Brevis
Extensor Digitorum
Extensor Digiti Minimi
Extensor Carpi Ulnaris
Ligament - ✔✔Fibrous tissue that hold joints together. less elastic than tendons.
Tendons - ✔✔Connects muscle to bone. Formed from fibrous tissue. Much stronger than muscle.
Cartilage - ✔✔Covers the end of each bone
Synovial Fluid - ✔✔thin film of slippery fluid that separate cartilage.
Flexion and Extension - ✔✔Flexion: bending of joint that decreases the angle.
Extension: straightening of a joint that increases the angle.
Circumduction - ✔✔circular movement of the joint. Ex. arm circles
Later flexion - ✔✔side bends
Eversion and Inversion - ✔✔Eversion: rotating foot so the sole of the foot points away from the
other.
Inversion: sole of the foot points toward the other.
Lateral Rotation and Medial Rotation - ✔✔Lateral: rotating limb away from the center of the body.
Medial Rotation: rotating limb toward the center of the body.
Retraction and Protraction - ✔✔Retraction: posterior (toward the back of the body) movement of
the arm at the shoulder. scapula pinches.
Protraction: anterior movement (toward the front of the body) of the arm at the shoulder. scapula
separates.
, 3 Main Classifications of Joints - ✔✔1) Ligamentous: immovable. Between bones of the skull.
2) Cartilaginous: slightly moveable. discs between spinal vertebrae.
3) Synovial: highly movable. Ball and socket, Pivot.
Shoulder Complex - ✔✔Sternoclavicular (SC): saddle type
Acromioclavicular (AC): gliding
Glenohumeral (GH): ball and socket, multi axial movement
Rotator Cuff - ✔✔Supraspinatus
Infraspinatus
Teres Minor
Subscapularis
Chest Muscles - ✔✔Pectoralis Major: Adduction and flexion of the humerus.
Pectoralis Minor: Depress and protracts the scapula.
Shoulder Muscles - ✔✔Deltoids: abduction of the humerus; medial rotation of the humerus.
Forearm Muscles (Posterior, Superficial/Intermediate) - ✔✔Brachioradialis
Extensor Carpi
Radialis Longus
Extensor Carpi
Radialis Brevis
Extensor Digitorum
Extensor Digiti Minimi
Extensor Carpi Ulnaris
