Anatomical glossary Flashcards
What is the meaning of medial?
Toward the midline
What is the meaning of lateral?
Away from the midline
What is the meaning of Anterior?
Front
What is the meaning of Posterior
Back
What is the meaning of superior?
Higher
What is the meaning of inferior?
lower
What is the meaning of proximal?
Closer to origin eg. knee is proximal to ankle
What is the meaning of distal?
Further away from origin, eg. the wrist is distal to the elbow
What is the meaning of central?
Close to the centre
What is the meaning of peripheral?
further away from centre
What is the meaning of superficial?
Nearer to outer surface
What is the meaning of deep?
Away from surface
What is the meaning of Dorsal?
Back or upper side
What is the meaning of Ventral?
Front or lower side
What is the meaning of cranial?
Closer to the top
What is the meaning of Caudal?
closer to the bottom
What is the meaning of palmar?
front of hand
What is the meaning of plantar?
Sole of the feet
What is the meaning of flexion?
Decrease the angle between 2 body parts
What is the meaning of extension?
increase the angle between 2 body parts
What is the meaning of abduction?
movement away from the midline
What is the meaning of adduction?
movement towards the midline
What is the meaning of medial rotation?
rotational movement towards the midline
What is the meaning of lateral rotation
rotational movement away from the midline
What is the meaning of elevation?
Movement in a superior direction
What is the meaning of depression?
Movement in an inferior direction
What is the meaning of supination?
turning hand from palm up to palm down
What is the meaning of Pronation?
turning hand from palm down to palm up
What is the meaning of Supine?
laying on back
What is the meaning of prone?
laying on front
What is the meaning of dorsiflexion?
flexion at the ankle so the foot points more superiorly
What is the meaning of plantarflexion?
extension of the ankle so the foot points more inferiorly
What is the meaning of inversion?
movement of the sole towards the median plane, sole faces medial direction
What is the meaning of eversion?
Sole moves away from the median plane facing a lateral direction
What is the meaning of opposition?
brings thumb and little finger together
What is the meaning of reposition?
moves thumb and little finger away from each other
What is the meaning of circumduction?
conical movement of a limb extending from the joint at which the movement is controlled
What is the meaning of protraction?
anterolateral movement of the scapula on the thoracic wall that allows the shoulder to move anteriorly eg, reaching out for something
What is the meaning of retraction?
posteromedial movement of the scapula on the thoracic wall, causing shoulder region to move posteriorly eg. picking something up
