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Kinesiology - ✔✔
skeletal muscle - ✔✔A muscle that is attached to the bones of the skeleton and provides
the force that moves the bones.
condyloid joint - ✔✔synovial joint that does everything except rotating
abduction/adduction - ✔✔movement away/into from midline
fibrous joint - ✔✔connect bones without allowing any movement (like sutures)
lateral/medial - ✔✔away from midline/towards midline
coronal/frontal plane - ✔✔vertical division of the body into front (anterior) and back
(posterior) portions
flexion/extension - ✔✔bending and extension of a limb
lateral/medial rotation - ✔✔Rotation of thigh and upper arm
center of gravity - ✔✔the point around which an object's weight is evenly distributed.
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, proximal/distal - ✔✔nearer the trunk or attached end/farther from the trunk or point
of attachment
dorsal - ✔✔back
hyaline cartilage - ✔✔Most common type of cartilage; it is found on the ends of long
bones, ribs, and nose
tarsals - ✔✔ankle bones
pelvic girdle - ✔✔
erector spinae - ✔✔prime mover of back extension
Sternocleidomastoid - ✔✔flexes neck; rotates head
clavicle - ✔✔collar bone
cruciate ligaments - ✔✔make possible the movements of the knee
sub-disciplines - ✔✔
pronation - ✔✔turning the palm downward
transverse plane - ✔✔horizontal division of the body into upper and lower portions
cortical bone - ✔✔hard, dense, strong bone that forms the outer layer of bone; also
called compact bone
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Kinesiology - ✔✔
skeletal muscle - ✔✔A muscle that is attached to the bones of the skeleton and provides
the force that moves the bones.
condyloid joint - ✔✔synovial joint that does everything except rotating
abduction/adduction - ✔✔movement away/into from midline
fibrous joint - ✔✔connect bones without allowing any movement (like sutures)
lateral/medial - ✔✔away from midline/towards midline
coronal/frontal plane - ✔✔vertical division of the body into front (anterior) and back
(posterior) portions
flexion/extension - ✔✔bending and extension of a limb
lateral/medial rotation - ✔✔Rotation of thigh and upper arm
center of gravity - ✔✔the point around which an object's weight is evenly distributed.
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, proximal/distal - ✔✔nearer the trunk or attached end/farther from the trunk or point
of attachment
dorsal - ✔✔back
hyaline cartilage - ✔✔Most common type of cartilage; it is found on the ends of long
bones, ribs, and nose
tarsals - ✔✔ankle bones
pelvic girdle - ✔✔
erector spinae - ✔✔prime mover of back extension
Sternocleidomastoid - ✔✔flexes neck; rotates head
clavicle - ✔✔collar bone
cruciate ligaments - ✔✔make possible the movements of the knee
sub-disciplines - ✔✔
pronation - ✔✔turning the palm downward
transverse plane - ✔✔horizontal division of the body into upper and lower portions
cortical bone - ✔✔hard, dense, strong bone that forms the outer layer of bone; also
called compact bone
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