NETA Group Fitness Instructor Exam questions with verified || || || || || || || ||
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anatomical position - ✔✔standing erect, feet hip with apart, toes forward, arms hanging to sides,
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palms forward, head and eyes forward
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median - ✔✔divides the body into right and left halves
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medial - ✔✔part located closer to the midline of the body
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lateral - ✔✔part located away from the midline
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superior - ✔✔part located closer to the head
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inferior - ✔✔part located away from the head (closer to the feet)
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proximal - ✔✔part located closer to the attached end of a limb or center of the body
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distal - ✔✔part located further from the attached end of a limb or the center of the body
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anterior - ✔✔part located on or toward the front of the body
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posterior - ✔✔part on or toward the back of the body
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superficial - ✔✔closer to or on the surface of the body || || || || || || || || || ||
deep - ✔✔further beneath or away from the surface of the body
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, plane - ✔✔flat, level surface extending into space
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sagittal plane - ✔✔plane that extends from the median dividing the body into the right and left
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sides
frontal plane - ✔✔plane that divides the body into the anterior and posterior
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transverse plane - ✔✔plane that divides that body into the upper and lower segments
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skeletal system - ✔✔206 bones; provides framework for posture,; lever system to work with
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muscles to produce movement; protects vital organs; storage for essential minerals; and produces
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blood cells. ||
axial skeleton - ✔✔80 bones; skull, spinal column, sternum, and ribs. Provides the supportive
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axis for the body and protects the central nervous system and organs within ribcage.
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appendicular skeleton - ✔✔126 bones; upper and lower extremities, shoulder, and pelvic girdles.
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Largely responsive for movement and locomotion.
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vertebral column - ✔✔33 bones within the axial skeleton; divided into cervical, thoracic, and
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lumbar.
vertebrae - ✔✔individual bones of the vertebral column || || || || || || ||
cervical region - ✔✔7 vertebrae; support the skull and neck. Contain pivotal joint to allow head
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to move from side to side
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thoracic region - ✔✔12 vertebrae; connects to the ribs to provide support to the thorax
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anatomical position - ✔✔standing erect, feet hip with apart, toes forward, arms hanging to sides,
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palms forward, head and eyes forward
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median - ✔✔divides the body into right and left halves
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medial - ✔✔part located closer to the midline of the body
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lateral - ✔✔part located away from the midline
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superior - ✔✔part located closer to the head
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inferior - ✔✔part located away from the head (closer to the feet)
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proximal - ✔✔part located closer to the attached end of a limb or center of the body
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distal - ✔✔part located further from the attached end of a limb or the center of the body
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anterior - ✔✔part located on or toward the front of the body
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posterior - ✔✔part on or toward the back of the body
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superficial - ✔✔closer to or on the surface of the body || || || || || || || || || ||
deep - ✔✔further beneath or away from the surface of the body
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, plane - ✔✔flat, level surface extending into space
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sagittal plane - ✔✔plane that extends from the median dividing the body into the right and left
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sides
frontal plane - ✔✔plane that divides the body into the anterior and posterior
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transverse plane - ✔✔plane that divides that body into the upper and lower segments
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skeletal system - ✔✔206 bones; provides framework for posture,; lever system to work with
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muscles to produce movement; protects vital organs; storage for essential minerals; and produces
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blood cells. ||
axial skeleton - ✔✔80 bones; skull, spinal column, sternum, and ribs. Provides the supportive
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axis for the body and protects the central nervous system and organs within ribcage.
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appendicular skeleton - ✔✔126 bones; upper and lower extremities, shoulder, and pelvic girdles.
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Largely responsive for movement and locomotion.
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vertebral column - ✔✔33 bones within the axial skeleton; divided into cervical, thoracic, and
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lumbar.
vertebrae - ✔✔individual bones of the vertebral column || || || || || || ||
cervical region - ✔✔7 vertebrae; support the skull and neck. Contain pivotal joint to allow head
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to move from side to side
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thoracic region - ✔✔12 vertebrae; connects to the ribs to provide support to the thorax
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