Anatomical Terminology

Question 1

3 anatomical planes

Answer 1

frontal, saggital, and transverse

Question 2

anatomical position

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used to discribe the location and relastionships of anatomical positions (facing forward, arms supinated and slightly out to the side, feet shoulder width apart)

Question 3

anatomical axis

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longitudial, anterior-posterior, and horizontal

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longitudinal axis corresponds with

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sagittal

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anterior-posterior axis goes with

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frontal plane

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horizontal axis goes with

Answer 6

transverse plane

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anterior

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towards the front

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posterior

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towards the back

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medial

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inside, towards the midline (midline plane)

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lateral

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outside, away from the midline

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proximal

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near the begining of the attachment

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distal

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away from the begining off the attachment

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superior

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upper surface (can be used to describe parts of organs as well)

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inferior

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lower surface

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superficial

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on or near the surface

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deep

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distant from the surface

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depression

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pulling down a body part to a more inferior position

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elevation

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raisng up a body part to a more supresion position

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oposition

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when the thumb comes into contact with one of the other fingers

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reposition

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when the thumb is returned to the anatomical position

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flextion

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reduces the angle between two bones

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extension

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increases the angle between two bones

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abduction

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moves a body part away from the midline

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adduction

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move towards the midline

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promation

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rotates the wrist and and hand to a palm down position

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supination

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rotates the wrist and hand to a palm up position

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dorsilflextion

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moves ankle in the saggital plane to reduce the angle between the foot and lower leg

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plantar flextion

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increases angle between the foot and lower leg

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external rotation

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limb moves its anterior surface laterally

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internal rotation

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limb moves its anterior limb medially

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eversion

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lateral surface of the foot is raised to turn the sole of the foot outward

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inversion

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medial surface on the foot is raised to turn the sole of the foot inward (common ankle role)

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cirumduction

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circular motion combining flextion, extenstion, adduction and abduction

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anatomy

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a branch of sciences that deal with the structural organization of living organisms- how they are built and what the are made of

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physiology

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study of the basic processes such as reproduction growth, and metabolisum as they occur within the varity of bodily systems

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exercise physiology

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branch of physiology with the distinction that exercise physiologist concentrate their research speciffically on how the body responds and adapts to the stress placed on it by exercise

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anatomical planes

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divide the body into three 3 planes wjich are imginary flat sufaces passing through the body or organ

Question 38

anatimical axis

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3 axis, a point of rotation that passes through a joint or body part to discribe movement