PT Aide Exam
What muscle is located in the posterior calf, and flexes /points the foot and ankle?
Gastrocnemius
What muscle fans over the anterior chest, and moves the shoulder joint?
Pectoralis Major
What muscle is located in the anterior hip, and flexes the hip to bring the leg forward?
Iliopsoas
What type of bone is encapsulated in a tendon, and found near joints to assist with motion?
Sesamoid bone
What structure(s) make up the Central Nervous System(CNS)?
Both Brain and Spinal Cord
What portion of the brain controls skeletal muscle movement and coordination?
Cerebellum
What bone cell creates and builds bone?
Osteoblasts
Straightening of a body part is known as
Extension
The body plane that divides the body into anterior and posterior parts is known as
, Frontal plane
Turning of a body part around its axis is known as
Rotation
What does HIPAA stand for?
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
The body plane that divides the body into left and right sides is known as the
Sagittal plane
Damaging a person's character or reputation is known as
Defamation
Being at fault is known as being
Liable
The legal name for a wrong doing is a
tort
A mistake, or not doing something that you are supposed to do, as a professional is known
as
Malpractice
Damaging a person's character or reputation in writing is known as
Libel
Damaging a person's character or reputation through spoken word is known as
What muscle is located in the posterior calf, and flexes /points the foot and ankle?
Gastrocnemius
What muscle fans over the anterior chest, and moves the shoulder joint?
Pectoralis Major
What muscle is located in the anterior hip, and flexes the hip to bring the leg forward?
Iliopsoas
What type of bone is encapsulated in a tendon, and found near joints to assist with motion?
Sesamoid bone
What structure(s) make up the Central Nervous System(CNS)?
Both Brain and Spinal Cord
What portion of the brain controls skeletal muscle movement and coordination?
Cerebellum
What bone cell creates and builds bone?
Osteoblasts
Straightening of a body part is known as
Extension
The body plane that divides the body into anterior and posterior parts is known as
, Frontal plane
Turning of a body part around its axis is known as
Rotation
What does HIPAA stand for?
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
The body plane that divides the body into left and right sides is known as the
Sagittal plane
Damaging a person's character or reputation is known as
Defamation
Being at fault is known as being
Liable
The legal name for a wrong doing is a
tort
A mistake, or not doing something that you are supposed to do, as a professional is known
as
Malpractice
Damaging a person's character or reputation in writing is known as
Libel
Damaging a person's character or reputation through spoken word is known as
