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Course Introduction
Physical Education is designed to promote the development of physical fitness, motor skills, and healthy lifestyle habits through a variety of activities and exercises. The course covers topics such as individual and team sports, movement concepts, cardiovascular fitness, strength training, flexibility, and the importance of regular physical activity for overall health and well-being. Students also learn about nutrition, injury prevention, and the principles of lifelong fitness, with opportunities to enhance social skills, teamwork, and personal goal-setting in a supportive and inclusive environment.
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Basic Biomechanics 6th Edition by Susan Hall
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Chapter 1: What Is Biomechanics
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Q1) An overuse condition caused by compression of the median nerve, involving numbness, tingling and pain in the hand is called __________________
Answer: carpal tunnel syndrome
Q2) Which of the following topics might be studied by biomechanists?
A) optimal form during the pole vault
B) forces on the spine during lifting
C) the mechanics of the jump shot
D) all of the above
Answer: D
Q3) Which of the following is an example of a kinetic consideration?
A) muscle force producing a vertical jump
B) impact force landing from a jump
C) both A and B
D) neither A nor B
Answer: C
Q4) __________________ refers to an excessive loss of bone mineral mass and strength resulting in one or more fractures.
Answer: Osteoporosis
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Chapter 2: Kinematic Concepts for Analyzing Human Motion
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Q1) Primarily in which plane does the swinging of a baseball bat occur?
A) sagittal
B) frontal
C) transverse
D) obtuse
Answer: C
Q2) In anatomical position, the forearm is in what position?
A) pronated
B) supinated
C) flexed
D) abducted
Answer: B
Q3) Ventral is a synonym for ____________________, which means toward the front of the body.
Answer: anterior
Q4) __________________ describes motion along a straight line, whereas __________________ describes motion along a curved line.
Answer: Rectilinear, curvilinear
Q5) Translation is a synonym for __________________ motion.
Answer: linear
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Chapter 3: Kinetic Concepts for Analyzing Human Motion
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Q1) Which of the following types of force exerts a pull on the body as in muscle contraction?
A) shear
B) compression
C) tension
D) all of the above
Answer: C
Q2) Which of the following statements is/are true regarding vector algebra?
A) In vector resolution, when a vector is resolved into two components, they are always perpendicular.
B) In vector composition, only perpendicular components can be composed into a resultant.
C) both A and B
D) none of the above
Answer: A
Q3) The metric units for mass and weight are the same.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: The Biomechanics of Human Bone Growth and Development
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Q1) The link between cessation of menses and osteoporosis is estrogen deficiency. A)True
B)False
Q2) __________________ __________________ is the fracture resulting from repeated loading of relatively low magnitude.
Q3) Bone ______________ refers to the increase in bone mass.
Q4) When a skier's body rotates in a direction opposite of the foot (held steady by the boot), what type of fracture is likely in the tibia?
A) spiral
B) impacted
C) depressed
D) stress
Q5) A fracture caused by a tendon or ligament pulling a small chip of bone away from the rest of the bone is called what?
A) simple fracture
B) compound fracture
C) avulsion fracture
D) spiral fracture
Q6) List and describe the four types of bones, including function and examples.
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Chapter 5: The Biomechanics of Human Skeletal
Articulations
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Q1) Which of the following statements is/are true?
A) The hip is more stable than the shoulder.
B) The shoulder has more range of motion than the hip.
C) both A and B
D) none of the above
Q2) Golgi tendon organs respond in which of the following ways?
A) inhibit tension in the activated muscle
B) initiate tension in the antagonist muscle
C) both A and B
D) none of the above
Q3) The knee is an example of which type joint?
A) fibrous
B) synarthroses
C) synovial
D) amphiarthroses
Q4) Which of the following is/are characteristic(s) of tendon sheaths?
A) They are synovial structures.
B) They surround tendons.
C) both A and B
D) none of the above
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Chapter 6: The Biomechanics of Human Skeletal Muscle
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Q1) Which behavioral property of muscle tissue is defined as "the ability to respond to a stimulus"?
A) elasticity
B) irritability
C) extensibility
D) contractility
Q2) List and explain the behavioral characteristics of the musculotendinous unit, including similarities and differences to other tissue.
Q3) Which of the following statements is/are true?
A) Pennate muscles are capable of producing more tension per unit of cross-sectional area than parallel muscles.
B) Parallel muscles are capable of producing more range of motion than pennate muscles.
C) Both A and B are true.
D) Neither A nor B is true.
Q4) Explain muscular strength. How is it measured? How does it change at different points during range of motion?
Q5) Explain the four roles assumed by muscles.
Q6) List and describe four common muscle injuries.
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Chapter 7: The Biomechanics of the Human Upper Extremity
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Q1) Which scapula muscles perform as stabilizers during crutch walking?
A) elevators
B) depressors
C) adductors
D) abductors
Q2) Explain the relationship between range of motion and stability at a joint, including examples of joints with different number of axes.
Q3) Which of the following factors provides stability at the elbow?
A) the articulating bones
B) ligaments
C) both A and B
D) none of the above
Q4) Carpometacarpal joint 1 is what type of joint?
A) hinge
B) condyloid
C) saddle
D) none of the above
Q5) List and describe the primary flexors of the elbow and explain the roles during three different types of arm curls (preacher curls, hammer curls, reverse curls).
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Chapter 8: The Biomechanics of the Human Lower Extremity
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Q1) Which of the following does not bear weight?
A) femur
B) tibia
C) fibula
D) talus
Q2) Supination of the foot combines the motions of
___________________, and
Q3) Which of the following muscles serves to "unlock" the knee from full extension?
A) plantaris
B) gracilis
C) popliteus
D) sartorius
Q4) Which of the following causes hip adduction?
A) adductor magnus
B) adductor longus
C) gracilis
D) both A & B
E) all of the above
Q5) Describe iliotibial band friction syndrome, including affected area, symptoms and probable causes. Page 10
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Chapter 9: The Biomechanics of the Human Spine
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Q1) What is the enlarged cervical portion of the supraspinous ligament called?
A) anterior longitudinal ligament
B) posterior longitudinal ligament
C) ligamentum flavum
D) ligamentum nuchae
Q2) What is the dominant force on the spine during activities requiring backward leaning of the trunk, such as rappelling?
A) compression
B) tension
C) shear
D) torsion
Q3) List and discuss the primary abdominal muscles, explaining how they perform motion in all three planes.
Q4) The spinous processes of the thoracic vertebrae inhibit movement in which plane?
A) sagittal
B) frontal
C) transverse
D) all of the above
Q5) Extreme lumbar curvature is called ___________________.
Q6) The term "slipped disc" is often used to describe a ___________________ disc.
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Chapter 10: Linear Kinematics of Human Movement
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Q1) Linear distance traveled per unit of time describes what?
A) displacement
B) velocity
C) acceleration
D) speed
Q2) In a 5K road race, the finish line is also the starting line. What does 5K represent?
A) distance
B) displacement
C) speed
D) velocity
Q3) A runner completes 1 full lap around a 400 meter track. What is her displacement?
A) 400 meters
B) 400 meters X 2
C) zero
D) need more information
Q4) The form, pattern, or sequencing of movement with respect to time defines ___________________.
Q5) The highest point in the trajectory of a projectile is the ___________________.
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Chapter 11: Angular Kinematics of Human Movement
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Q1) Provide 2 examples of relative angles and 2 examples of absolute angles and explain why each would be of importance.
Q2) If flexion of a joint is positive in direction when viewed from one side, the same motion will be negative in direction when viewed from the opposite side.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Why is anatomical knowledge important when using a goniometer?
A) location of joint center determines placement of axis
B) bone location affects position of the goniometer arms
C) instant center of a joint can change during movement
D) both A and B
E) all of the above
Q4) What does the letter "r" stand for in the equation v = rw?
A) resultant
B) radius of rotation
C) radian
D) none of the above
Q5) A ___________________ is a unit of angular measurement equal to approximately 57.3°.
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Chapter 12: Linear Kinetics of Human Movement
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Q1) The capacity for doing work that a body possesses because of its height or position is called what?
A) potential energy
B) kinetic energy
C) moment of inertia
D) mechanical power
Q2) Which of the following mechanical quantities is evident in explosive track and field events, such as the long jump and the shot put.
A) kinetic energy
B) potential energy
C) mechanical work
D) mechanical power
Q3) There are 2 formulas for mechanical power. Show how one formula can be derived from the other and explain the importance of power (relative to the formulas) in sport, dance or rehabilitation.
Q4) Newton's law of ___________________ can be restated as the conservation of ___________________.
Q5) An impact resulting in the total loss of velocity would be called a perfectly ___________________ impact.
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Chapter 13: Equilibrium and Human Movement
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Q1) If disruption of stability is the desired outcome, which of the following should be observed?
A) lower COM
B) increase base of support
C) increase friction
D) move COM to edge of BOS
Q2) When net muscle torque and joint movement occur in the same direction, what type of contraction occurs?
A) concentric
B) eccentric
C) isometric
D) isotonic
Q3) Which of the following is/are function(s) of antagonist muscles?
A) control velocity of movement
B) enhance stability of the joint
C) both A and B
D) none of the above
Q4) A concept indicating a balance between applied forces and inertial forces for a body in motion is called ___________________ ___________________.
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Chapter 14: Angular Kinetics of Human Movement
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Q1) When a discus thrower spins and then releases the discus, what direction will it travel?
A) tangent to the circular path at release
B) tangent to the circular path at beginning of spin
C) will continue in circular path
D) need more information
Q2) What has historically been referred to as centrifugal force, is really just inertia.
A)True
B)False
Q3) An axis that passes through the body's center of gravity is a ___________________ axis.
Q4) How many principle axes are there for the human body?
A) one
B) two
C) three
D) four
Q5) Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of a small body size (including muscle mass) for a gymnast performing full body rotations.
Q6) Angular impulse is the product of ___________________ and
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Chapter 15: Human Movement in a Fluid Medium
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Q1) Which of the following explains buoyancy?
A) Archimedes principle
B) Bernoulli principle
C) magnus principle
D) none of the above
Q2) A lift force created by spin is called ___________________ force.
Q3) Which of the following is defined "velocity of a body with respect to the velocity of the wind (or other surrounding fluid)"?
A) resultant velocity
B) absolute velocity
C) relative velocity
D) all of the above
Q4) For flotation to occur, which of the following must exist?
A) buoyant force must exceed weight
B) buoyant force must equal or exceed weight
C) weight must exceed buoyant force
D) weight must equal or exceed buoyant force
Q5) Flow that is characterized by smooth, parallel layers of fluid is called ___________________ flow.
Q6) Explain the forces that affect flotation.
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