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Anatomical Terminology Flashcards

1
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What is the anterior view?

A

Face on view

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What is the posterior view?

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View from behind

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What is the anatomical position?

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Face forward with eyes and toes pointing in the same direction, put your arms by your side with the palms facing forward, put your lower limbs close together with your feet parallel to each other

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What is the sagittal plane?

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Cut down the middle into left and right

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What is the Coronal plane?

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cut down the middle into front and back

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What is the transverse plane?

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cut horizontally

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7
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What is inferior?

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Below

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What is superior?

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Above

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9
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What is medial?

A

Towards the body (ulnar)

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10
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What is lateral?

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Away from the body (radial)

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11
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How would you say a structure is on the same side?

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Ipsilateral

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12
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How would you say a structure is on opposite sides?

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Contralateral

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13
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What is Flexion?

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Movement that decreases the angle between two body parts

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What is extension?

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Movement that increases the angle between two body parts

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What is abduction?

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Movement away from midline

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What is adduction?

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Movement towards midline

17
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What is circumduction?

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movement in a circle- flexion, extension, abduction and adduction

18
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What is supination?

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rotation of forearm and hand so palm faces upwards

19
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What is pronation?

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Rotation of forearm and hand so palm faces downwards

20
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What is opposition?

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The thumb and finger comes face to face

21
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What is Reposition?

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When the finger and thumb go back to normal positions

22
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What is Dorsiflexion?

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Bending of the foot superior

23
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What is plantar flexion?

A

Bending of the foot inferior

24
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What is Eversion?

A

Bending of the foot lateral

25
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What is inversion?

A

Bending of the foot medial

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