PT Aide Exam Questions and Correct Detailed Answers (Verified Answers)

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PT Aide Exam Questions and Correct Detailed
Answers (Verified Answers)
Question: What muscle is located in the posterior calf, and flexes

/points the foot and ankle?


Ans: Gastrocnemius



Question: What muscle fans over the anterior chest, and moves the

shoulder joint?


Ans: Pectoralis Major



Question: What muscle is located in the anterior hip, and flexes the

hip to bring the leg forward?


Ans: Iliopsoas



Question: What type of bone is encapsulated in a tendon, and

found near joints to assist with motion?


Ans: Sesamoid bone




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Question: What structure(s) make up the Central Nervous

System(CNS)?


Ans: Both Brain and Spinal Cord



Question: What portion of the brain controls skeletal muscle

movement and coordination?


Ans: Cerebellum



Question: What bone cell creates and builds bone?


Ans: Osteoblasts



Question: Straightening of a body part is known as


Ans: Extension



Question: The body plane that divides the body into anterior and

posterior parts is known as


Ans: Frontal plane



Question: Turning of a body part around its axis is known as
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Ans: Rotation



Question: What does HIPAA stand for?


Ans: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act



Question: The body plane that divides the body into left and right

sides is known as the


Ans: Sagittal plane



Question: Damaging a person's character or reputation is known as


Ans: Defamation



Question: Being at fault is known as being


Ans: Liable



Question: The legal name for a wrong doing is a


Ans: tort




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