Anatomical Terms

Question 1

Anatomical position

Answer 1

Standing erect
Arms by the side
Palms facing forwards
Feet flat on floor

Question 2

Superior

Answer 2

(cranial, cephalic, rostral) – towards the head

Question 3

Inferior

Answer 3

(caudal) – towards the feet

Question 4

Supine

Answer 4

body or structure lies anterior side up

Question 5

Prone

Answer 5

body or structure lies anterior side down

Question 6

Movements of pronation and supination of the forearm

Answer 6

involve the ulna and the radius where the radius rotates around the ulna to bring the palm facing upwards (supination) or downwards (pronation)

Question 7

Lateral

Answer 7

farther from the midline

Question 8

Proximal

Answer 8

nearer to trunk

Question 9

Distal

Answer 9

further from trunk

Question 10

Superficial

Answer 10

toward body surface

Question 11

Deep

Answer 11

away from body surface

Question 12

Sagittal plane

Answer 12

a vertical plane that divides the body into left and right sides

Question 13

Midsagittal plane

Answer 13

a vertical plane that passes through the midline and divides the body into equal right and left halves

Question 14

Parasagittal plane

Answer 14

a vertical plane that divides the body into unequal right and left halves

Question 15

Coronal (frontal) plane

Answer 15

a vertical plane that divides the body into anterior and posterior portions

Question 16

Horizontal (transverse) plane

Answer 16

a plane that divides the body into superior and inferior portions

Question 17

Abduction

Answer 17

movement away from the axis or midline of the body, or one of its parts

Question 18

Adduction

Answer 18

movement toward the axis or midline of the body, or one of its parts

Question 19

Extension

Answer 19

an increase in the angle between two bones; restoring a body part to its anatomical position after flexion

Question 20

Flexion

Answer 20

a folding movement in which there is a decrease in the angle between two bones

Question 21

Rotation

Answer 21

movement around a vertical axis (movements of pronation/supination of the forearm)

Question 22

Eversion

Answer 22

turning the foot so that the sole faces outward or laterally

Question 23

Inversion

Answer 23

turning the foot so that the sole faces inward or medially

Question 24

Dorsiflexion

Answer 24

movement of the foot at the ankle joint – flexion

Question 25

Plantarflexion

Answer 25

movement of the foot at the ankle joint - extension