1: anatomical position+slices+direction Flashcards
1
Q
anatomical position
A
stand erect, feet parallel, arms hanging at the sides with palms forward, toes pointing forward
2
Q
frons
A
forehead
3
Q
auric
A
ear
4
Q
nasus
A
nose
5
Q
oculus
A
eye
6
Q
bucca
A
cheek
7
Q
thoracis
A
chest
8
Q
cervicis
A
neck
9
Q
mamma
A
breast
10
Q
abdomen
A
abdominal
11
Q
umbilicus
A
navel-umbilical
12
Q
pelvis
A
pelvic
13
Q
manus
A
hand
14
Q
inguen
A
groin-inguinal
15
Q
pubis
A
pubic
16
Q
femur
A
thigh-femoral
17
Q
pes
A
foot
18
Q
hallux
A
great toe
19
Q
tarsus
A
ankle-tarsal
20
Q
crus
A
leg-crural
21
Q
patella
A
kneecap-patellar
22
Q
digits
A
fingers
23
Q
pollex
A
thumb
24
Q
palma
A
palm-palmar
25
carpus
wrist-carpal
26
antebrachium
forearm
27
antecubitis
front of elbow
28
brachium
arm
29
axilla
armpit
30
mentis
chin
31
otis
mouth-oral
32
cephalon
head
33
facies
face
34
cranium
skull
35
acromial
shoulder
36
dorsum
back
37
olecranon
back of elbow
38
lumbus
loin, lumbar
39
gluteus
buttock
40
popliteus
back of knee
41
calcaneus
heel of foot
42
sura
calf
43
planta
sold of foot, plantar
44
superior
toward the head end
45
inferior
toward the feet, away from the head
46
ventral-anterior
toward or at the front end of the body
47
dorsal-posterior
toward or at the backside of the body
48
medial
toward the midline of the body
49
lateral
away from the midline of the body
50
intermediate
between a more medial and a more lateral structure
51
distal
farther from the point of attachment of a limb
52
proximal
closer to the point of attachment of a limb
53
superficial
toward the body surface
54
deep
away from the body surface
55
saggital cut-midsaggital
divides body into L and R
56
frontal, or coronal
divides organs into anterior and posterior
57
transverse or cross
divides body into superior and inferior
58
oblique
divide the body at an angle somewhere between the horizontal and vertical planes
