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Anatomical Planes Flashcards

1
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Plane

A

a surface (real or imaginary) along which any two points can be connected by a straight line

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Median Plane

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Divides the head, body, or limb longitudinally into equal right and left halves

AKA “midsagittal plane”

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Sagittal Plane

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  • Passes through the head, body or limb parallel to the medial plane
  • Runs length of body
  • Divides left and right parts not necessarily equal halves
  • AKA “paramedian plane”
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Transverse Plane

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  • Across the body
  • Divides it into cranial (head-end) and caudal (tail-end) parts
  • Not necessarily equal
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Dorsal Plane

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  • Runs at right angles to the median (or sagittal) and transverse planes
  • Divides the body or head into dorsal and ventral portions (i.e. top and bottom halves)
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Cranial

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Toward the head

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Caudal

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towards the tail

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8
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Rostral and caudal Terms

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Used for head

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Rostral

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toward nose

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10
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caudal

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away from nose

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Dorsal and Palmar

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Front legs
(used for distal limbs)

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Dorsal and Plantar

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Back legs
(used for distal limbs)

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13
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Carpus

A

wrist

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Tarsus

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Hock/ankle

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Cranial and Caudal

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above the carpus and tarsus

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Dorsal and Palmar

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Below the carpus

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Dorsal and plantar

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below the tarsus

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18
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Dorsal

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back

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Ventral

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Superior

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above or upper

21
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Inferior

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below or lower

22
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Proximal

A

closer to body

23
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Distal

A

more distant from body

24
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Medial

A

toward medial plane

25
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Lateral

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away from medial plane

26
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Superficial

A

toward the exterior

27
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deep

A

toward the interior

28
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Pronation

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Turning the ventral/palmar/plantar surface to face down

29
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Prone

A

Turning the ventral/palmar/plantar surface to face down

30
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Supination

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Turning the ventral/palmar/plantar surface to face up

31
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Supine

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Dorsal recumbency (to lie face up)

32
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Recumbency

A

lying down

33
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Dorsal Recumbency

34
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Ventral Recumbency

35
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Lateral Recumbency

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on side (left or right)

36
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Cephalic

37
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Cervical

38
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Torso

39
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Thoracic

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Abdominal

41
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Pelvic

42
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Abduction

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move away from body

43
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Adduction

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bring toward midline (body)

44
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Rotation

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A motion that occurs when a part turns on its axis. The head rotates on the neck, as in shaking the head ‘no‘.

45
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Circumduction

A

The circular movement of a body part as in “Windmilling” the arms.

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