Anatomical Terms

Question 1

Anatomical position

Answer 1

body is erect with palms, arms, and hands facing fwd.

Question 2

Anterior

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towards the front of the body or subpart

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Ventral

Answer 3

Pertaining to the belly or anterior surface

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Asthenia

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Weakness

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Bifurcation

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A fork; split into two parts

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Caudal

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Towards the tail or coccyx

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central

Answer 7

relative to the center of a structure

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cranial

Answer 8

towards the head

Question 9

deep

Answer 9

away from the surface. more internal.

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Distal

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Further from the trunk or thorax; further from the attached end. “my hand is distal to my elbow.” relative

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Dorsal

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Pertaining to the back of the body

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Extension

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Straightening or moving out of the flexed position. pulling two ends farther apart.

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External

Answer 13

toward the exterior of a body

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Flexion

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the act of bending

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Coronal/frontal plane

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divides the body into anterior and posterior halves (front and back halves)

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Inferior

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the lower point; nearer the feet. “my foot is inferior to my knee.”

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Transverse/horizontal plane

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divides the body or body part into upper and lower halves

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Insertion

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Distal attachment of a muscle; typically the most mobile point of attachment - moves during contraction

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Internal

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Enclosed or on the interior

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Lateral

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away from the midline of the body or subpart (side). “your eyes are lateral to the bridge of the nose.”

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medial/mesial

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toward the midline of the body or subpart. “the bridge of the nose is medial to the eyes.”

Question 21

origin

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proximal attachment of a muscle; typically the least mobile point of attachment

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palmer

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pertaining to the palm of the hand

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peripheral

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relative to the periphery or away from the center. more external.

Question 24

plantar

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pertaining the the sole of the foot

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posterior

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towards the back of the body or subpart

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prone

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body in horizontal position with face down

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proximal

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closer to the trunk or thorax; closer to the attached end. “my elbow is proximal to my hand.” relative

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radial

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pertaining to the radius bone

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sagittal plane

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divides the body or body part into right and left halves

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superficial

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near the surface

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superior

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the upper point; nearer the head “my head is superior to my knee.”

Question 32

supine

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body in horizontal position with face up

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adduct

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moving a limb towards the midline

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abduct

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moving a limb away from the midline

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Dorsiflexion

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AKA hyperextension. flexion that brings dorsal surfaces into closer proximity. raising your foot upwards towards your shin.

Question 36

Hyperextension

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extreme extension/straightening past the point of extension

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plantar flexion

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Moving foot downward away from body

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inversion

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turning foot in

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eversion

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turning foot out

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Ipsilateral

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on the same side as another structure

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contralateral

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on opposite sides of another structure

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Neuraxis

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axis of the nervous system. From your brain to your spinal chord. curves into T shape.

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axial skeleton

Answer 43

bones of your head and trunk

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spine

Answer 44

axis of skeleton

Question 45

appendicular skeleton

Answer 45

bones of appendages (arms, legs)