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Denning [Date] [Course title]
, Which muscles oppose each other on the anteriorposterior sides of the foot? - Correct Answers:
Anterior: Dorsiflexors
Posterior: Plantar Flexors
Which muscles oppose each other on the later and rotary sides of the foot? - Correct Answers: Lateral:
Tibialis
Peroneals
What is the function of Tibialis anterior? - Correct Answers: dorsiflexing and inverting the foot.
What is the function of the peroneas muscles? - Correct Answers: Primarily responsible for eversion of
the foot. peroneus longus and brevis plantarflex the foot, while the peroneus tertius dorsiflexes it.
What are the opposing anteroposterior muscles of the knee? - Correct Answers: The hamstrings,
gastrocnemius and the popliteus oppose the hamstrings.
The transverse plane divides the body into _________ and _______ segments. - Correct Answers:
Superior and inferior segments of the body
The Frontal plane divides the body into ____________ and ___________ segments. - Correct Answers:
Anterior and posterior (front/back) segments.
The sagital plane divides the body into ________ and ________ segments - Correct Answers: Left and
right segments
Medial is a directional term for: - Correct Answers: Closest to the midline of the body.
Lateral is a directional term for: - Correct Answers: Away from the midline of the body
Proximal/central means ________ to the trunk or midline of the body. - Correct Answers: closer