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Anatomical Position Flashcards

1
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Cranial or Cephalic

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The head end

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Caudal

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The tail end

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Ventral

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Belly side

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Dorsal

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Back side

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Superior

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Upper portion

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Inferior

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Lower portion

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Supra

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The descriptive prefix meaning “above”

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Infra

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The descriptive prefix meaning “below”

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Anterior

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The forward surface or toward the front

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Posterior

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Rear surface or toward the rear

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Medial

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Refers to the location nearer to the midline

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Lateral

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Refers to the location farther from the midline

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Proximal

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Near the main axis of the body or close to the attachment point

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Distal

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Away from the main axis of the body or away from the attachment point

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15
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Superficial

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Near the surface

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Deep

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Away from the surface

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Transverse or Horizontal

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A plane that extends from left to right and from dorsal to ventral, giving cranial and caudal portions

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Sagittal

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A plane the extends from cranial to caudal, giving right and left portions

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Midsagittal

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A plane that extends from cranial to caudal passing through the midline to divide the body or an organ into right and left halves

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Frontal or Coronal

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A plane that extends from left to right and cranial to caudal, giving dorsal and ventral portions

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21
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Alveolus

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A deep pit or socket in the maxillae or mandible

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22
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Articulation

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The junction of two bones

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23
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Auricular

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Ear-shaped

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Bifid

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Cleft into two parts of branches

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Capitulum

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A little head

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Concha

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A spiral structure like a seashell

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Condyle

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A large, smooth, rounded articulating oval structure

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Coracoid

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Describing a projection shaped like a crow’s beak

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Coronoid

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Describing a triangular projection ending in a sharp point

30
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Costal

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Associated with or a part of the ribs

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Crest

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A narrow, prominent ridge-like projection

32
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Cribriform

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Perforated like a sieve

33
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Cuneiform

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Wedge-shaped

34
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Demifacet

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Half of a facet, part of an articular surface shared by two adjacent bones

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Diaphysis

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The middle portion of a long bone, the shaft

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Eminence

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An elevation or projection, especially on a bone

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Epicondyle

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A projection adjacent to a condyle

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Epiphysis

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The end of a long bone

39
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Facet

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A small, flat, shallow articulating surface

40
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Fissure

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A narrow slit-like opening through a bone

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Foramen

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A rounded passageway through a bone

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Fossa

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A flattened or shallow depression

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Fovea

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A small, pit or depression

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Glenoid

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Shaped like a shallow socket

45
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Head

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A prominent, rounded epiphysis

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Hiatus

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A gap

47
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Lamina

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A thin, flat plate

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Line

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A low ridge, less prominent than a crest

49
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Malleolus

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A club-shaped or hammer-shaped process

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Mastoid

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Breast-shaped

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Meatus

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A passageway through a bone

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Neck

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A constricted portion adjacent to a head

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Notch

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An indentation or V-shaped depression

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Nuchal

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Associated with the nape of the neck

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Pedicle

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A supporting column or stalk

56
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Petrous

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Like a rock

57
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Process

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A projection; a bony prominence

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Promontory

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A high place

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Pterygoid

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Winglike

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Ramus

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An angular extension of a bone relative to the rest of the structure; a branch

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Septum

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A partition

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Sinus

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A cavity or hollow space in a bone

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Spine

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A pointed, slender process

64
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Squamous

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Flat, scale-like

65
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Styloid

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Pointed, pen-like

66
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Sulcus

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A narrow groove

67
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Suture

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The line of union in an immovable articulation

68
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Trochanter

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A massive, rough projection only found in the femur

69
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Trochlea

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A smooth, grooved pulley-like articular process

70
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Tubercle

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A small, round projection

71
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Tuberosity

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A large, rough projection

72
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Xiphoid

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Shaped like a sword

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