Anatomical Terminology Flashcards
Abdomen
(2)
Belly
Anterior abdominal wall
Thorax
Chest Region
Trunk/Torso
Thorax + Abdomen
Dorsal Trunk
The back
Caput
Head
Pelvis
Area around hip bones
What is housed in the Facial Part of the skull?
(4)
Houses mouth, pharynx, nasal cavity, & mastication (chewing)
What is housed in the Cranial Portion portion of the skull?
Houses the brain, etc.
Lower Extremities
(2)
Connects to trunk
Thigh -> Foot
Upper Extremity
(2)
Connects to trunk
Arms -> Hands
What are the six cavities of the body?
Cranial
Vertebral
Thoracic
Pericardial
Abdominal
Pelvic
What does the Cranial Cavity contain?
Brain
What does the Vertebral Cavity contain?
Spinal column
What does the Thoracic Cavity contain?
Lungs, etc.
What does the Pericardial Cavity contain?
Heart
What does the Abdominal Cavity contain?
Digestive System
What does the Pelvic Cavity contain?
Bladder
Reproductive Organs
Axial Skeleton
(3)
Head
Trunk
Spinal Column
Appendicular Skeleton
(2)
Upper limbs
Lower limbs
Neuraxis
(2)
Axial portion of the brain
Central nervous system
Coronal Plane
Splits front from back
Transverse Plane
At waist
Separates top (head) from bottom (feet)
Sagittal Plane
Splits right from left
Frontal Section
Divides body into front and back halves
Sagittal Section
Right and left cut
Midsagittal Section
The mid point between the right and left halves
What is another name for “Coronal Section”?
Frontal Section
What does the word “sagittal” mean?
Arrow-like
Anterior
Front
Ventral
(2)
Towards the belly
Anterior surface
Posterior
Towards the rear
Dorsal
Towards the back (spine)
Rostral
(3)
“Beak-like”
Towards the head
Can mean anterior
Peripheral
Away from the center
Superficial
On the surface
Deep
(2)
Away from the surface
Closer to the axis of the body
External
(2)
Outside the body
Outside a particular cavity
Internal
(2)
Inside the body
Inside a particular cavity
Distal
(2)
Away from the midline
Away from the point of attachment
Medial
Toward the midline
Superior
(2)
Above
Away from the ground
Inferior
(2)
Below
Closer to the ground
Prone
(2)
On the belly
Body in a horizontal position facing down
Supine
(2)
On the back
Body in a horizontal position facing up
Lateral
Towards the side
Proximal
(2)
Near
Nearest to the point of attachment
Flexion
Bending at a joint that moves parts closer together
Extension
Bending at the joint that moves parts further apart
Hyperextension
An extreme extension (arching one’s back)
Dorsiflexion
= Hyperextension
Abduction
Open
Caudal
Towards the tail
Plantar
Pertaining to the soles of the feet
Adduction
Close
Inversion
Turning inward
Eversion
Turning outward
Pronate
To place in a prone position
Palmar
Pertaining to the palm of the hand
Supinate
To place in a supine position
Ipsi-
Same
The opposite of Ventral is ______.
Dorsal
The opposite of Anterior is ______.
Posterior
The opposite of Periperal is ______.
Deep
The opposite of Distal is ______ or ______.
Medial
Proximal
The opposite of Prone is ______.
Supline
The opposite of Proximal is ______.
Distal
The opposite of Flexion is ______.
Extension
The opposite of Superior is ______.
Inferior
The opposite of Posterior is ______.
Anterior
The opposite of Abduction is ______.
Adduction
The opposite of Dorsal is ______.
Ventral
The opposite of Deep is ______.
Peripheral
The opposite of Medial is ______.
Distal
The opposite of Inferior is ______.
Superior
The opposite of Extension is ______.
Flexion
The opposite of Supine is ______.
Prone
The opposite of Adduction is ______.
Abduction
The opposite of Caudal is ______.
Rostral
The opposite of Rostral is ______.
Caudal
What anatomical direction are the following?
A = Rostral
B = Caudal
C = Doral
D = Ventral
What anatomical direction are the following?
A = Rostral
B = Caudal
C = Dorsal
D = Ventral
What anatomical direction are the following?
A = Rostral
B = Caudal
C = Dorsal
D = Ventral
What anatomical direction are the following?
A = Dorsal
B = Ventral
What sort of antatomial cuts are the following?
A = Transverse
B = Cross Section
What sort of antatomial cut is the following?
Coronal
What sort of antatomial cut is the following?
Coronal
What sort of antatomial cut is the following?
Transverse / Horizontal
What sort of antatomial cut is the following?
Transverse / Horizontal
What sort of antatomial cut is the following?
Sagittal
What sort of antatomial cuts are the following?
A = Midsagittal
B = Sagittal
What are the following?
A = Axon
B = Myelin Sheath
C = Schwann Cell (or Oligodendroglia)
D = Nodes of Ranvier
E = Node of Ranvier
F = Layers of Myelin
G = Axon
H = Schwann Cell (or Oligodendroglia)
I = Nucleus
What are the followins?
A = Plasma Cell Membrane
B = Organelle
C = Nucleus
D = Organelle
E = Organelle
F = Mitochondria
G = Organelle
What are the following?
A = Extracellular Space
B = Intracellular Fluid
C = Bilayer Lipid
What are the following?
A = Flexion
B = Extension
C = Supination
D = Pronation
E = Adduction
F = Abduction
A = Dendrites
B = Soma
C = Axon Hillock
D = Myelin Sheath
E = Axon
F = Axon Terminals
G = Nucleus
H = Organelles
I = Organelles
J = Organelles
K = Mitochondria
What are the following?
A = Olgondendrocyte
B = Myelin
C = RNA
D = Ribosome
E = Axon
F = Microtubles
G = Cytoplasm
H = RNA
