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Anatomical Terminology Flashcards

1
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Sagittal plane

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Sideways view
Line cut through centre of body, nose and belly button to back

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Coronal plane

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Frontal view, line cut through ears

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Anterior

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Front view

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Posterior

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Back view

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Transverse

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Horizontal line through the middle of the body

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Medial

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Closer in plane

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Interal

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Further from plane

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Superior

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Above

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Inferior

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Below

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Superficial

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Nearer to surface

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Intermediate

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Between a superficial and deep strucutre

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12
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Deep

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Farther from surface

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13
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Palmer

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Anterior hand

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Dorsal

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Posterior hand

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15
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Plantar

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Interior foot, sole

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Dorsal foot

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Superior foot surface

17
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Proximal

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Nearer to trunk or point of origin

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Farther from trunk or point of origin

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Ipsilateral

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Structures on the same side

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Contralateral

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Structures on opposite sides of the

21
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Flexion and extension

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Occurs in Sagittal plans
Flexion , decrease angle
Extension, increase angle

22
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Abduction and adduction

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Occurs in coronal plane
Abduction, moves structures away form midline
Adduction, brings limb towards midline

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Medial and lateral rotation

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Circumduction

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Combination of Flexion, extension, abduction and adduction

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Pronate

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Turning palm to ceiling

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Supinate

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Face down horizontal

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Opposition

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Reposition

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