Anatomical Position

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What is anatomical position?

Answer 2

standard position used in antomy and clinical practice to allow accurate and consistent description of one body part in relation to another

Question 3

What is the anatomic position?

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1. head - directed forward + eyes looking into distnace 2. body - upright + legs together + directed forwards 3. palms - turned forwards + thumbs laterally + arms to side

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What are the anatomical planes?

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1. median saggital 2. coronal/frontal 3. transverse/horizontal

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Describe the median saggittal plane?

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vertical plane passing throug midline of the body - front to back

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Describe the coronal/frontal plane?

Answer 6

vertical plane perpendicular to saggital planes - shoulder to shoulder

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Describe horizontal/transverse planes?

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lie at right angles to both saggital and frontal planes

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Superior/cranial?

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toward the head - upper part of structure or body : above

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Inferior/caudal?

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toward lower part of a structure of the body : below

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Anterior/ventral?

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toward or at the front of the body

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Posterior/dorsal?

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toward or at the back of the body

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Medial?

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towards the midline of the body - inner side

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Lateral?

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away from the midline - outer side

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Intermediate?

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between a more medial and a more lateral structure

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Proximal?

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closer to the origin of the body part or the point of attachment of a limb to the body trunk

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Distal?

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farther from the origin of a body part or the point of attachment of a limb to the body trunk

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Superficial/external?

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toward or at body surface

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Deep/internal?

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away from the body surface - more internal

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Rostral?

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towards the nose

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Prone?

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face down

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Supine?

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face up

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Bilateral?

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on both sides

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Ipsilateral?

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on the same side of the body

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Contralateral?

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on the opposite side of the body

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Extension?

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movement increasing the angle between 2 body parts

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Flexion?

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movement decreasing the angle between 2 body parts

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Abduction?

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movement away from the midline

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Adduction?

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movement towards the midline

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External rotation?

Answer 29

rotation away from the midline

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Internal rotation?

Answer 30

rotation towards the midline

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Dorsiflexion?

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1. hand - movement of hand/fingers toward the dorsal side 2. foot - movement of toes/foot towards the shin

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Plantarflexion?

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movement of the foot/toes downward toward the sole

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Name the anatomical sections?

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1. transverse 2. longitudinal 3. oblique

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Describe the transverse section?

Answer 34

a part cut crosswise - width wise

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Describe the longitudinal section?

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a cut made along the long axis - length wise

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Describe the oblique section?

Answer 36

a cut that lies on a slightly oblique plane