FiTour Basic Kinesiology and Biomechanics
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Kinesiology - CORRECT ANSWER - The scientific study of human movement
Planes of Movement - CORRECT ANSWER - Flat imaginary surfaces that divide the
body into halves in order to correspond with movement, motion, and actions. Human movement
occurs in a plane.
Median /Sagittal Plane - CORRECT ANSWER - A vertical plane that passes through the
body anterior to posterior dividing the body into right and left sections. Flexion and extension
actions occur within the Sagittal plane.
Frontal/Coronal plane - CORRECT ANSWER - A vertical plane that passes through the
body from side to side dividing the body into anterior and posterior sections. Abduction and
adduction actions occur within the frontal plane.
Transverse/Horizontal Plane - CORRECT ANSWER - A horizontal plane that passes
through the body dividing the body into superior and inferior sections. Rotation and twisting
actions occur within the transverse /horizontal plane.
Oblique plane - CORRECT ANSWER - A plane that lies tilted between the three primary
planes associated with kinesiology
Movement within a plane - CORRECT ANSWER - Will always occur parallel to that
plane
Muscle Movement/Action- prime movers(agonist) - CORRECT ANSWER - Muscles
responsible for a definite movement
, Antagonist - CORRECT ANSWER - Muscles that cause movement at a joint in a direction
opposite to that of its agonist
Synergists - CORRECT ANSWER - Muscles that keep the joint steady while the prime
mover applies the force to a neighboring joint
JOINT ACTIONS - Flexion: - CORRECT ANSWER - The movement of a limbs caused
by concentric muscular contraction, resulting in a decrease in the angle of a joint.
Extension - CORRECT ANSWER - Increasing the angle of a joint
Hyperextension - CORRECT ANSWER - A continuation of extension sat the normal
anatomical position
Lateral Flexion - CORRECT ANSWER - Flexing to the side ( usually an action of the
vertebral column)
Dorsiflexion - CORRECT ANSWER - Flexion of the ankle joint bringing the top of the
foot to the shin
plantar flexion - CORRECT ANSWER - Extension of the ankle joint lowering the top of
the foot away from the shin. The bottom of the foot lowers to the floor.
Abduction - CORRECT ANSWER - Within the anatomical Position, movement of a bone
laterally away from the midline of the body.
Adduction - CORRECT ANSWER - Within the anatomical position, movement of a bone
toward the midline of the body
Rotation - CORRECT ANSWER - Movement around an axis
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Kinesiology - CORRECT ANSWER - The scientific study of human movement
Planes of Movement - CORRECT ANSWER - Flat imaginary surfaces that divide the
body into halves in order to correspond with movement, motion, and actions. Human movement
occurs in a plane.
Median /Sagittal Plane - CORRECT ANSWER - A vertical plane that passes through the
body anterior to posterior dividing the body into right and left sections. Flexion and extension
actions occur within the Sagittal plane.
Frontal/Coronal plane - CORRECT ANSWER - A vertical plane that passes through the
body from side to side dividing the body into anterior and posterior sections. Abduction and
adduction actions occur within the frontal plane.
Transverse/Horizontal Plane - CORRECT ANSWER - A horizontal plane that passes
through the body dividing the body into superior and inferior sections. Rotation and twisting
actions occur within the transverse /horizontal plane.
Oblique plane - CORRECT ANSWER - A plane that lies tilted between the three primary
planes associated with kinesiology
Movement within a plane - CORRECT ANSWER - Will always occur parallel to that
plane
Muscle Movement/Action- prime movers(agonist) - CORRECT ANSWER - Muscles
responsible for a definite movement
, Antagonist - CORRECT ANSWER - Muscles that cause movement at a joint in a direction
opposite to that of its agonist
Synergists - CORRECT ANSWER - Muscles that keep the joint steady while the prime
mover applies the force to a neighboring joint
JOINT ACTIONS - Flexion: - CORRECT ANSWER - The movement of a limbs caused
by concentric muscular contraction, resulting in a decrease in the angle of a joint.
Extension - CORRECT ANSWER - Increasing the angle of a joint
Hyperextension - CORRECT ANSWER - A continuation of extension sat the normal
anatomical position
Lateral Flexion - CORRECT ANSWER - Flexing to the side ( usually an action of the
vertebral column)
Dorsiflexion - CORRECT ANSWER - Flexion of the ankle joint bringing the top of the
foot to the shin
plantar flexion - CORRECT ANSWER - Extension of the ankle joint lowering the top of
the foot away from the shin. The bottom of the foot lowers to the floor.
Abduction - CORRECT ANSWER - Within the anatomical Position, movement of a bone
laterally away from the midline of the body.
Adduction - CORRECT ANSWER - Within the anatomical position, movement of a bone
toward the midline of the body
Rotation - CORRECT ANSWER - Movement around an axis
