Anatomical Terms

Question 1

Anatomical position:

Answer 1

standing erect, arms at side, palms forward, feet flat on floor

Question 2

Superior

Answer 2

toward head or upper part of a structure;

cranial, rostral, cephalic

Question 3

Inferior

Answer 3

away from head or toward the lower part of a structure;

caudal

Question 4

Anterior

Answer 4

nearer to the front of the body; belly side; ventral

Question 5

Supine

Answer 5

body or structure lies anterior side up

Question 6

Prone

Answer 6

body or structure lies anterior side down

Question 7

Pronation of forearm

Answer 7

radius rotates around the ulna to bring the palm facing downwards

Question 8

Supination of forearm

Answer 8

radius rotates around the ulna to bring the palm facing upward; can hold a bowl of SOUP

Question 9

Posterior

Answer 9

nearer to the back of the body; dorsal

Question 10

Medial

Answer 10

nearer to the midline of the body or structure

Question 11

Lateral

Answer 11

farther from the midline of the body or structure

Question 12

Intermediate

Answer 12

between two structures

Question 13

Proximal

Answer 13

nearer to the attachment of an extremity to the trunk or a structure; nearer to point of origin

Question 14

Distal

Answer 14

farther from the attachment of an extremity to the trunk or a structure; farther to point of origin

Question 15

Superficial

Answer 15

toward or on the surface of the body

Question 16

Deep

Answer 16

away from the surface of the body

Question 17

Sagittal plane

Answer 17

vertical plane that divides the body into left and right

Question 18

Midsagittal plane

Answer 18

vertical plan that passess through the midline and divides the body into equal right and left halves

Question 19

Parasagittal plane

Answer 19

vertical plan that divides the body into UNEQUAL right and left halves

Question 20

Coronal plane

Answer 20

vertical plane that divides the body into anterior and posterior portions; frontal plane

Question 21

Horizontal plane

Answer 21

plane that divides the body into superior and inferior portions; transverse plane

Question 22

Abduction

Answer 22

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

Question 23

Adduction

Answer 23

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

Question 24

Flexion

Answer 24

folding movement that decreases the angle between two bones

Question 25

Extension

Answer 25

increase in angle between two bones; restore body part to anatomical position after flexion

Question 26

Rotation

Answer 26

movement around a vertical axis; ex: supination/pronation of forearm

Question 27

Plantaflexion

Answer 27

movement of the foot at the ankle joint - extension; calf raise

Question 28

Dorsiflexion

Answer 28

movement of the foot at the ankle joint - flexion

Question 29

Inversion

Answer 29

turning foot so that the sole faces inward

Question 30

Eversion

Answer 30

turning foot so that the sole faces outward