Anatomical terms

Question 1

What is the anterior side (ventral)

Answer 1

Front of the body

Question 2

What is the posterior side (dorsal)

Answer 2

back of the body

Question 3

What are the features of the anatomical position

Answer 3

upright, arms at sides, palms forward, feet parallel and together.

Question 4

superior

Answer 4

above or towards the head

Question 5

inferior

Answer 5

below, or towards the feet

Question 6

proximol

Answer 6

closer to where arm or leg inserts into the body

Question 7

distal

Answer 7

further away from where the arm or leg inserts into the body

Question 8

when do we use proximal and distal

Answer 8

when describing 2 points on the same limb (arm or leg)

Question 9

medial

Answer 9

closer to the midline

Question 10

lateral

Answer 10

further from the midline

Question 11

What is the sagittal plane

Answer 11

lengthwise cut - divides body into left and right portions

Question 12

what are the 2 different sagittal planes

Answer 12

mid-sagittal plane (cut is through midline), para-sagittal plane (if cut is not through midline)

Question 13

What is the frontal/coronal plane

Answer 13

divides body into anterior and posterior portions

Question 14

What is the transverse plane

Answer 14

Horizontal cut that divides body into superior and inferior portions

Question 15

What is the oblique plane

Answer 15

any diagonal cut

Question 16

what is the flexion movement

Answer 16

moving a joint so that the angle between the bones decreases. Usually anterior direction, knee joint is the exception

Question 17

What is the extension movement

Answer 17

involves straightening a joint, increasing the angle between the bones. Usually in posterior direction

Question 18

where does abduction and adduction occur

Answer 18

on the frontal plane

Question 19

what is the abduction movement

Answer 19

moving part of the body away from the median plane

Question 20

what is the adduction movement

Answer 20

moving towards the median plane

Question 21

where does pronation and supination occur

Answer 21

in the forearm and hand

Question 22

what is pronation movement

Answer 22

rotation of the radius medially so that the distal end crosses over the anterior aspect of the ulna resulting in the palm of the hand facing posteriorly

Question 23

what is supination movement

Answer 23

radius rotates laterally so that the radius and ulna are parallel to one another (palm faces superiorly)

Question 24

what does the prefix cyto mean

Answer 24

cell

Question 25

what does the prefix itis mean

Answer 25

inflammation

Question 26

what does the prefix bi mean

Answer 26

2

Question 27

what does the prefix ulum mean

Answer 27

little/small

Question 28

what does the prefix gastric mean

Answer 28

stomach

Question 29

what does the prefix serratus mean

Answer 29

‘like the teeth of a’ saw