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Anatomical Terminology Flashcards

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What is physiology

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Concerns the function of the body’s structural machinery, how the body works and carries out its life-sustaining activities

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What is Anatomy?

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The study of the structure of body parts and their relationship to one another

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Anatomical Position

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  • used when describing parts of the body in relation to each other
  • allows documenting or observing regardless of position
  • portrays the body in an upright position, face forward, arms at side with forearms fully supinated
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Anterior

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Front surface of the body

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Posterior

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Back surface of the body

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Superior

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Closer to the top of the body excluding arms and legs

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Inferior

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Closer to the lower half of the body excluding arms and legs

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Medial

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Toward the midline or mid-sagittal

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Lateral

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Away from the midline or mid-sagittal

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Proximal

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Towards the upper segment of the limb

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Distal

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Towards the lower segment of the limb

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Superficial

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Closer to the surface

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Deep

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Further from the surface

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Sagittal plane

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Vertical plane which runs through the body and divides the body into left and right halves

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Frontal/Coronal plane

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Vertical plane that divides the body into front and back.anterior and posterior

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Transverse plane

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Horizontal plane that divides the body unto upper and lower parts. Superior and inferior or

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Anatomical axes

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Axes are used to describe how rotation of the muscles and bones take place

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Longitudinal axe

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Is a “north-south” relationship to the anatomical position

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Horizontal axe

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At east to west relationship (left to right)

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Antero-posterior

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Is a front to back relationship

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Why are planes and axes important

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We function in three dimensional environment

Traditional training methods tend to emphasize movement in one place

The transverse plane is often neglected in training programs

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