5.1.1 Flashcards
1
Q
Superior
A
towards the head
2
Q
Inferior
A
towards the feet
3
Q
Lateral
A
away from midline
4
Q
Medial
A
towards the midline
5
Q
Superficial
A
towards the surface
6
Q
Deep
A
towards the inferior of body
7
Q
Proximal
A
closer to the structure
8
Q
Distal
A
farther away from the structure
9
Q
Sagittal plane
A
separate the body into right and left divisions
10
Q
Frontal plane
A
separate body into anterior and posterior divisions
11
Q
Transverse plan
A
separate body into superior and inferior divisions
12
Q
Cephalic
A
head
13
Q
Cranial
A
skull
14
Q
Facial
A
face
15
Q
cervical
A
neck
16
Q
axillary
A
armpit
17
Q
brachial
A
arm
18
Q
antecubital
A
front of elbow
19
Q
antebrachial
A
forearm
20
Q
carpal
A
wrist
21
Q
palmar
A
palm
22
Q
pollex
A
thumb
23
Q
digital
A
fingers
24
Q
femoral
A
thigh
25
patella
front of knee
26
crural
shin
27
pedal
foot
28
tarsal
ankle
29
digital of phalangeal
toes
30
dorsum
top of foot
31
hallux
great toe
32
occipital
base of skull
33
acromial
shoulder
34
vertebral
spinal column
35
dorsal
back
36
cubital
elbow
37
lumbar
loin
38
sacral
between hips
39
coccygeal
tailbone
40
gluteal
buttock
41
perineal
area between anus and external genitals
42
popliteal
back of knee
43
sural
calf
44
plantar
sole of foot
45
calcaneal
heel
