anatomical names and movements

Question 1

acromial

Answer 1

point of the shoulder

Question 2

antebrachial

Answer 2

forearm

Question 3

antecubital

Answer 3

posterior side of the elbow

Question 4

axillary

Answer 4

armpit

Question 5

brachial

Answer 5

arm

Question 6

buccal

Answer 6

cheeks

Question 7

carpal

Answer 7

wrist

Question 8

cephalic

Answer 8

head

Question 9

cervical

Answer 9

neck

Question 10

coxal

Answer 10

hip

Question 11

cranial

Answer 11

skull

Question 12

crural

Answer 12

shin

Question 13

cubital

Answer 13

elbow

Question 14

digital

Answer 14

fingers

Question 15

femoral

Answer 15

thigh

Question 16

genetale

Answer 16

exterior reproductive structures

Question 17

gluteal

Answer 17

buttocks

Question 18

inguinal

Answer 18

groin

Question 19

mental

Answer 19

chin

Question 20

nasal

Answer 20

nose

Question 21

occipital

Answer 21

back of the head

Question 22

orbital

Answer 22

eye

Question 23

otic

Answer 23

ear

Question 24

palmar

Answer 24

palms

Question 25

patellar

Answer 25

knee

Question 26

pectoral

Answer 26

front of the chest

Question 27

perineal

Answer 27

private regions

Question 28

popliteal

Answer 28

back of the knee

Question 29

sternal

Answer 29

anterior part of the ribs

Question 30

sural

Answer 30

calf

Question 31

tarsal

Answer 31

ankle

Question 32

thoracic

Answer 32

chest

Question 33

abduction

Answer 33

moving a limb away from the midline.

Question 34

adduction

Answer 34

moving a limb towards the midline.

Question 35

depression

Answer 35

away from the head

Question 36

elevation

Answer 36

towards the head

Question 37

plantar flexion

Answer 37

extending the toes at the ankle.

Question 38

dorsiflexion

Answer 38

raising the toes at the ankle.

Question 39

eversion

Answer 39

turning the sole of the foot outwards.

Question 40

inversion

Answer 40

turning the sole of the foot inwards.

Question 41

external rotation

Answer 41

rotation of a limb away from the midline.

Question 42

internal rotation

Answer 42

rotation of a limb toward the midline.

Question 43

extension

Answer 43

increasing the angle of a joint.

Question 44

flexion

Answer 44

decreasing the angle of a joint.

Question 45

hyperextension

Answer 45

extending a joint past its reasonable anatomical range of motion.

Question 46

pronation

Answer 46

turning a palm down

Question 47

supination

Answer 47

turning the palm upward.

Question 48

protraction

Answer 48

moving forward

Question 49

retraction

Answer 49

moving backwards

Question 50

circumduction

Answer 50

tri-planular circular motion at a hip or shoulder. (cone shaped rotation)

Question 51

rotation

Answer 51

turning on a single axis

Question 52

plantar

Answer 52

sole of the foot