Anatomical Language

Question 1

What does bipedal stance mean?

Answer 1

Upright (2 legged)

Question 2

What does superior mean?

Answer 2

Higher / above

e.g nose is superior to the mouth

Question 3

What does inferior mean?

Answer 3

Lower / below

e.g. stomach is inferior to the heart

Question 4

What does cranial mean?

Answer 4

Towards the head

e.g. neck is cranial to the trunk

Question 5

What does caudal mean?

Answer 5

Towards the tail

Question 6

What does rostral mean?

Answer 6

Towards the nose

e.g. nose is rostral to the ears

Question 7

What does anterior mean?

Answer 7

Towards the front

e.g. sternum is anterior to the thoracic vertebra
cornea is anterior to the lens

Question 8

What does posterior mean?

Answer 8

Towards the back

e.g. oesophagus is posterior to the trachea
vitreous chamber = posterior to the lense

Question 9

What does ventral mean?

Answer 9

Towards the front

e.g. sternum = ventral to the spine

Question 10

What does dorsal mean?

Answer 10

Towards the back

e.g. Spine is dorsal to the sternum

Question 11

What does palmar mean?

Answer 11

Describes the palm of the hand / anterior surface of manus.

e.g. palmar digital arteries supply blood to the palmar aspect of the digits

Question 12

What does plantar mean?

Answer 12

Sole of the foot

e.g. the plantar surface of metatarsal bone contacts the ground in humans

Question 13

What does proximal mean?

Answer 13

Part of a limb closer to the body

e.g. humerus = proximal to the carpus

Question 14

What does distal mean?

Answer 14

Part of a limp further away from the body

e.g. Phalanges = distal to the radius

Question 15

What does lateral mean?

Answer 15

Away from the midline

e.g. Eyes = lateral to the nose

Question 16

What does medial mean?

Answer 16

Towards the midline

e.g. sternum = medial to humerus

Question 17

What does superficial mean?

Answer 17

On the surface

e.g. skin of the thigh = superficial to femur

Question 18

What does deep mean?

Answer 18

Away from the surface

e.g. biceps brachii muscle is deep to the skin of
the branchium

Question 19

What is a sagittal plane?

Answer 19

The body divided into equal left and right halves down the midline sections parallel are described as para-sagittal

Question 20

What is a frontal / coronal plane?

Answer 20

Divides the body into anterior and posterior parts

Question 21

What is a transverse plane?

Answer 21

Divides the body into superior and inferior parts

Question 22

What is abduction?

Answer 22

movement of the limb away from the mid line

Question 23

What is adduction?

Answer 23

Movement of the limb towards the midline

Question 24

What is protraction?

Answer 24

Movement of limb in an anterior direction (towards front)

Question 25

What is retraction?

Answer 25

Movement of limb in a posterior direction

Question 26

What is pronation?

Answer 26

rotational movement of forearm or foot
Palm of the hand moves from an anterior facing position to a posterior facing postion

Question 27

What is supination?

Answer 27

Opposite of pronation
Movement of the palm of the hand from a posterior to an anterior position.

Question 28

What is flexion?

Answer 28

When a muscle contracts and the angle of at the joint is decreased

Question 29

What is extenstion?

Answer 29

When the angle at the joint is extended

Question 30

What does pertaining mean?

Answer 30

= related to

Question 31

What does vesical mean?

Answer 31

pertaining to the urinary bladder

Question 32

What does hepatic mean?

Answer 32

pertaining to the liver

Question 33

What does renal mean?

Answer 33

pertaining to the kidneys

Question 34

What does pulmonary mean?

Answer 34

pertaining to the lungs

Question 35

What does cholecystic mean?

Answer 35

Pertaining to the gall bladder