Anatomical terminology Flashcards
What is the anatomical position?
-Standing upright
-Head and gaze and toes directed forward (anterior)
-Arms adjacent to the sides with the palms facing forwards (anterior)
-Lower limbs close together with the feet parallel
Supine anatomical position
Prone anatomical position
What are the anatomical planes in blue, green, red?
Blue = coronal
Green = Sagittal
Red = Transverse
What are these 3 planes?
Transverse
Sagittal
Coronal
Anatomical descriptions
-Superior (cranial)/ Inferior (caudal)
-Anterior (ventral)/Posterior (dorsal)
-Medial/Lateral
What do proximal and distal mean?
-Used to describe structures that are considered to have a beginning and an end
-Proximal means closer to the origin, distal means further away
Examples of proximal and distal
-Wrist joint is distal to the elbow joint
-Knee joint is proximal to the ankle joint
Anatomical descriptions in neuroanatomy
Anatomical descriptions in embryology
Anatomical description of hand
Anterior (palmar)
Posterior (dorsal)
Anatomical description of foot
Inferior (plantar)
Superior (dorsal)
Anatomical description to describe depth
Anatomical description to describe same side or different side
Ipsilateral - occurring on the same side
Contralateral - occurring on the opposite side
Flexion and extension examples
Abduction/adduction, medial/lateral rotation, circumduction examples
Supination and pronation
Supination - bowl of soup
Pronation - now watch me whip
Eversion and Inversion
Dorsiflexion and plantarflexion
Protrusion/retrusion and Protraction/retraction
Thumb opposition and reposition
Thumb abduction and adduction
Thumb flexion and extension
