RBS HUMAN ANATOMY ESSENTIAL DANCER
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Three parts of the pelvis - Answer-ilium, ischium, pubis
regions of the spinal cord - Answer-cervical 7, thoracic 12, lumbar5, sacral/coccyx 5,4
What are synovial joints? - Answer-created where two bones articulate to permit a
variety of motions
What is synovial fluid? - Answer-joint-lubricating fluid secreted by the synovial
membrane
facet joint function - Answer-articulation between the superior articular process of the
vertebra below with the inferior articular process of the vertebra above
Osteology - Answer-Study of bones
Myology - Answer-study of muscles
types of muscles - Answer-skeletal, smooth, cardiac
Synergist - Answer-muscle that aids a prime mover in a movement and helps prevent
rotation
anatomical position - Answer-To stand erect with arms at the sides and palms of the
hands turned forward
supine position - Answer-lying on back, facing upward
prone position - Answer-lying face down
saggital plane - Answer-is a vertical plane that divides the body into right and left parts
transverse plane - Answer-horizontal division of the body into upper and lower portions
or superior and inferior
frontal plane - Answer-Divides the body into front and back portions.
anterior - Answer-toward the front
Posterior - Answer-toward the back
superior - Answer-toward the head
, Inferior - Answer-away from the head
Medial - Answer-Toward the midline of the body
lateral - Answer-away from the midline
unilateral - Answer-pertaining to one side
bilateral - Answer-both sides
dorsal - Answer-toward the back
ventral - Answer-Toward the belly
deep - Answer-Away from the body surface; more internal
distal - Answer-Farther from the trunk of the body
proximital - Answer-toward the point of attachment of a limb to the trunk
superficial - Answer-(adj.) on or near the surface; concerned with or understanding only
what is on the surface, shallow (closer to the surface than another part)
prone - Answer-face down
supine - Answer-face up
flexion - Answer-Decreases the angle of a joint
extension - Answer-increases the angle of a joint
hyperextension - Answer-extending a joint beyond its normal range of motion
adduction - Answer-Movement toward the midline of the body
abduction - Answer-Movement away from the midline of the body
pronation - Answer-turning the palm downward
supination - Answer-Palm up
retraction - Answer-moving a part backward
protraction - Answer-Moving a part forward
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