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ANATOMICAL DIRECTIONAL TERMS & BODY CAVITIES Flashcards

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Identify the three anatomical planes

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Coronal (vertical line divides body into anterior and posterior)
Sagittal (vertical line -left and right)
Transverse (line dividing the body into a superior and inferior section)

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What is meant by oblique?

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A line which passes through the body at an angle, different to the other planes

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What is meant by proximal?

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Closer to the trunk

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What is meant by Distal?

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Further away from the trunk

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What is meant by medial?

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Closer to the midline

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What is meant by lateral?

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Further away from the midline.

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What is meant by superficial?

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Closer to body surface

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What is meant by deep?

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Further away from body surface

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What are the two surfaces of the hand?

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Palmar and dorsal

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What are the two surfaces of the foot?

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Dorsal and plantar

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What is flexion?

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A movement that decreases the angle between two body parts

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What is extension?

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A movement that increases the angle between two body parts

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What is meant by medial rotation?

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Rotation towards the midline

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What is meant by lateral rotation?

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Rotation away from the midline

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What is elevation?

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Moving superiorly

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16
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What is depression?

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Moving inferiorly

17
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What is protraction?

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Moving anteriorly

18
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What is retrusion?

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Moving posteriorly

19
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What is dorsiflexion?

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Lifting the foot so its superior surface approaches the shin

20
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What is Plantar flexion?

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Depressing the foot elevating the heel

21
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What is the role of the dorsal cavity and what cavities does it make up?

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Protects the central nervous sysytem and makes up the cranial cavity and vetebral/spinal cavity

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What is the ventral cavity and what cavities does it make up?

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Protects the internal organs and makes up the thoracic cavity and abdominopelvic cavity

23
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What are the three subdivisions of the thoracic cavity?

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  1. Pleural(each houses a lung)
  2. Mediastinal cavity (region between the lungs contains the oesophagus, trahcea and thymus)
  3. Pericardial cavity (encloses the heart)

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