Praxis II: Health and Physical Education- Content
Knowledge (5857) Study Guide Solutions
anterior - ✔✔front of the body
(punched in the chest)
posterior - ✔✔back of the body
(Smacked on the butt)
Superior - ✔✔top half of the body
(Head superior to heart)
Inferior - ✔✔lower half of the body
(the calf is inferior to the thigh)
Proximal - ✔✔closer to the body
(the bicep is proximal to the forearm)
Distal - ✔✔farther away from the body
(the hand is distal to the shoulder)
Medial - ✔✔towards the middle/ center of the body
(the heart is medial to your arms)
Lateral - ✔✔towards the side of the body
(fibula is lateral to the tibia)
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,Abduction - ✔✔Movement away from the mid line of the body
(Jumping jacks)
Adduction - ✔✔movement toward the mid line of the body
(dropping arms to sides)
Circumduction - ✔✔a circular movement of a limb or eye
(swinging your arm in a circle)
Dorsal Flexion - ✔✔movement of top of foot toward anterior tibia bone
(walking on your heels)
Plantar Flexion - ✔✔bending the sole of the foot or pointing the toes downward
(pointing your toes while diving)
Inversion - ✔✔rotating a limb inward
(duck footed)
Eversion - ✔✔rotating a limb outward
(heels together)
Flexion - ✔✔bending at the joint so that the angle between the bones is decreased
(curling weights)
Extension - ✔✔straightening of a joint
(Straightening your arm)
Pronation - ✔✔rotation of the hands and forearms so that the palms face downward
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, (palm down on desk)
Supination - ✔✔Rotation of the hands and forearms so that the palms face upward
(back of hand on desk)
Internal Rotation - ✔✔Rotation of a joint toward the middle of the body
(Straight arms clapping hands in front of body)
External Rotation - ✔✔Rotation of a joint away from the middle of the body.
(straight arms clapping hands behind back)
Sagittal - ✔✔divides the body into right and left portions
(split the body in half "T")
Transverse - ✔✔divides the the body into superior and inferior
(Body cut in half into top and bottom pieces)
Frontal - ✔✔divides the body into anterior and posterior
(cutting laterally from skull to feet)
Valgus - ✔✔position of a body part that is bent outward
(bow legged)
Varus - ✔✔Position of a body part that is bent inward
(pigeon toed)
Prone - ✔✔Lying face down
(Army crawling)
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Knowledge (5857) Study Guide Solutions
anterior - ✔✔front of the body
(punched in the chest)
posterior - ✔✔back of the body
(Smacked on the butt)
Superior - ✔✔top half of the body
(Head superior to heart)
Inferior - ✔✔lower half of the body
(the calf is inferior to the thigh)
Proximal - ✔✔closer to the body
(the bicep is proximal to the forearm)
Distal - ✔✔farther away from the body
(the hand is distal to the shoulder)
Medial - ✔✔towards the middle/ center of the body
(the heart is medial to your arms)
Lateral - ✔✔towards the side of the body
(fibula is lateral to the tibia)
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,Abduction - ✔✔Movement away from the mid line of the body
(Jumping jacks)
Adduction - ✔✔movement toward the mid line of the body
(dropping arms to sides)
Circumduction - ✔✔a circular movement of a limb or eye
(swinging your arm in a circle)
Dorsal Flexion - ✔✔movement of top of foot toward anterior tibia bone
(walking on your heels)
Plantar Flexion - ✔✔bending the sole of the foot or pointing the toes downward
(pointing your toes while diving)
Inversion - ✔✔rotating a limb inward
(duck footed)
Eversion - ✔✔rotating a limb outward
(heels together)
Flexion - ✔✔bending at the joint so that the angle between the bones is decreased
(curling weights)
Extension - ✔✔straightening of a joint
(Straightening your arm)
Pronation - ✔✔rotation of the hands and forearms so that the palms face downward
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, (palm down on desk)
Supination - ✔✔Rotation of the hands and forearms so that the palms face upward
(back of hand on desk)
Internal Rotation - ✔✔Rotation of a joint toward the middle of the body
(Straight arms clapping hands in front of body)
External Rotation - ✔✔Rotation of a joint away from the middle of the body.
(straight arms clapping hands behind back)
Sagittal - ✔✔divides the body into right and left portions
(split the body in half "T")
Transverse - ✔✔divides the the body into superior and inferior
(Body cut in half into top and bottom pieces)
Frontal - ✔✔divides the body into anterior and posterior
(cutting laterally from skull to feet)
Valgus - ✔✔position of a body part that is bent outward
(bow legged)
Varus - ✔✔Position of a body part that is bent inward
(pigeon toed)
Prone - ✔✔Lying face down
(Army crawling)
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