Anatomical Terminology

Question 1

What are the frontal and coronal planes?

Answer 1

divides body into front and back portions

Question 2

What is the sagittal plane?

Answer 2

divides the body into right and left portions. Median sagittal: equal right and left portions (i.e. the midline)

Question 3

What is the transverse plane?

Answer 3

divides body into upper and lower portions

Question 4

What is the proximal side of a limb?

Answer 4

nearer the root of the limb than another structure in the limb

Question 5

What is the distal side of a limb?

Answer 5

further away from the root of the limb than another structure in the limb

Question 6

What does ventral mean?

Answer 6

Towards the front

Question 7

What does dorsal mean?

Answer 7

Towards the back

Question 8

What does it mean to be prone?

Answer 8

Lying face down

Question 9

What does it mean to be supine?

Answer 9

Lying face up

Question 10

Describe movements of the shoulder

Answer 10

Question 11

Describe movements of the elbow and forearm

Answer 11

Question 12

Describe movements of the hand

Answer 12

Question 13

Describe movements of the fingers

Answer 13

Question 14

Describe movements of the thumb

Answer 14

Question 15

Describe movements of the hip

Answer 15

Question 16

Describe internal and external rotation of the hip in extension

Answer 16

Question 17

Describe internal and external rotation of the hip in flexion

Answer 17

Question 18

Describe movements of the knee, ankle and foot

Answer 18