KIN 3304 FINAL EXAM Questions and Correct Answers/ Latest Update / Already Graded

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KIN 3304 FINAL EXAM Questions and
Correct Answers/ Latest Update / Already
Graded
Synergist

Ans: stabilizes a joint around which movement is occurring
(helps agonist)


Antagonist

Ans: opposes the agonist


Agonist

Ans: muscle that provides the major force to complete the
movement


Prime Mover

Ans: sometimes called the "agonist"; provides the primary
force driving the action


Diarthrodial Joints




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Ans: most common and movable, characterized by the
presence of a layer of fibrocartilage or hyaline cartilage;
synovial fluid within synovial cavity


Synarthrodial Joints

Ans: immovable; two types suture or gomphosis


Synovial Joints

Ans: - Uniaxial: occurring around 1 axis, movement only in one
plane EX: pivot & hinge
- Biaxial: occurring around 2 axes at right angles to each other
EX: saddle & condyloid
- Triaxial: occurring around several axes EX: ball and socket
- Nonaxial (Gliding): slipping movement only, 2 flat bone
surfaces w/ slight gliding motion


Afferent

Ans: to the bran (sensory)


Efferent

Ans: away from the brain (motor)


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1st Class Lever

Ans: fulcrum (axis) between force and resistance (weight)


2nd Class Lever

Ans: resistance (weight) between force and fulcrum (axis)


3rd Class Lever

Ans: force between resistance (weight) and fulcrum (axis)
-Most common


Superior

Ans: toward the head


Inferior

Ans: away from the head


Anterior

Ans: front of the body


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