Biomech Midterm

What is statics?

What is the study of dymamics?

What's the difference between kinetics and kinematics? Give examples of each.

What is the difference between qualitative and quantitative analysis? Who would use eachn?

What is a system?

Why do we use kinematics?

What is linear motion? Is this kinematic or kinetic? Give e.g.

Angular Motion - kinematic or kinetic?
Give e.g.

What's the difference between a local and global reference frame?

What is general motion?

What axis goes with the sagittal plane?

Which axis goes with the coronal plane?

What axis goes with the transverse plane?

What plane/axis do flexion, extension, dorsiflexion, plantarflexion occur in?

In which plane/axis does ulnar/radial deviation occur?

What plane/axis does inversion and eversion occur in?

What plane/axis does pronation/supination occur?

How are cartesian reference frames organized?

How are polar reference frames organized?

How do you convert polar coordinates into cartesian?

Define and state the units for INERTIA

Define and state the units for MASS

Define and state the units for FORCE
What are the two effects it can have on an object?
What are the 3 things that it needs to be characterized?

Define and state the units for CENTRE OF GRAVITY

Define and state the units for WEIGHT

Define and state the units for PRESSURE

Define and state the units for VOLUME

Define and state the units for DENSITY

Define and state the units for TORQUE

What is the moment arm?

Define and state the units for IMPULSE

What are the primary minerals important for the compressive strength of a bone?

What mineral helps bones in tensile strength?

What is stiffness?

What is the difference between cortical and trabecular bone?

What does "bones are anisotrophic mean?

What are the biomechanical functions of bone? Other functions?

What is the difference between bone MODELING and REMODELING?

How does circumferential growth occur?

What are load bearing tissues of the body?

What is torsion?

What is "bending?

Explain, and draw, the load-deformation curve.
Is this a structural or material representation of tissues?

What is the difference between elasticity and plasticity?

What is compliance?

If something is very stiff, is it compliant?

What is mechanical stress?

Which other kinetic quality is it related to?

What is mechanical strain?

What is a "normalized load"?

Explain the stress-strain curve, and draw.

What is Hooke's Law? And state formula.

Give an example.