Anatomical Terms

Question 1

Movement of one bone in relation to another such that the angle of the joint decreases

Answer 1

Flexion

Question 2

Movement of a part around its long axis, direction of rotation is designated by the direction of movement of the cranial or dorsal surface

Answer 2

Rotation

Question 3

Movement of a part away from the median plane

Answer 3

Abduction

Question 4

small pit or depression

Answer 4

fovea

Question 5

condyle

Answer 5

rounded projection on a bone

Question 6

epi-

Answer 6

on or upon

Question 7

Off center, but parallel to median plane

Answer 7

Sagittal Plane

Question 8

Movement of one bone in relation to another such that the angle of the joint increases

Answer 8

Extension

Question 9

fascia

Answer 9

band or sheet of fibrous tissue

Question 10

ramus

Answer 10

a branch

Question 11

Toward/near the tail; on limbs, applies proximal to carpus and tarsus

Answer 11

Caudal

Question 12

Divides body into dorsal and ventral

Answer 12

Dorsal Plane

Question 13

Medial rotation of an appendage from the supine position such that the palmar or plantar surface faces ventrally

Answer 13

Pronation

Question 14

Lateral rotation of an appendage such that the palmar or plantar surface faces MEDIALLY

Answer 14

Supination

Question 15

of the nature or quality of bone

Answer 15

osseous

Question 16

Pertaining to or relative to the axis

Answer 16

Axial

Question 17

sub-

Answer 17

below, under, beneath

Question 18

caput

Answer 18

“head”, general term applied to the expanded or chief extremity of an organ or part

Question 19

Movement of a part toward the median plane

Answer 19

Adduction

Question 20

Away from the axis

Answer 20

Abaxial

Question 21

Practical application of anatomy as it relates to disease processes or surgical procedures

Answer 21

Applied anatomy

Question 22

articulation

Answer 22

joint

Question 23

foramen

Answer 23

an aperture or hole

Question 24

glenoid

Answer 24

resembling a pit or socket

Question 25

Hindpaw, surface contacting the ground

Answer 25

Plantar

Question 26

ab-

Answer 26

from, off, away from

Question 27

vastus

Answer 27

vast or large

Question 28

Study of tissue structures with a microscope

Answer 28

Microscopic anatomy

Question 29

Toward the belly; does not apply to limbs

Answer 29

Ventral

Question 30

Answer 30

Question 31

ad-

Answer 31

toward or to

Question 32

either of the two processes below the neck of the femur

Answer 32

trochanter

Question 33

Toward or near medial plane

Answer 33

Medial

Question 34

Longitudinally divides the body into EQUAL left and right halves

Answer 34

Median Plane

Question 35

infra-

Answer 35

below or under

Question 36

brevis

Answer 36

short

Question 37

supra-

Answer 37

over or above

Question 38

Anatomy of one part of the body in relation to another

Answer 38

Topographic anatomy

Question 39

Away from/farther from median plane

Answer 39

Lateral

Question 40

Movement of a part in a circular motion as outling the surface of a cone

Answer 40

Circumduction

Question 41

cleido-

Answer 41

collar bone, clavicle

Question 42

cephal-, cephalo-

Answer 42

"head"

Question 43

Medial rotation of an appendage from the supine position such that the palmar or plantar surface faces ventrally

Answer 43

Pronation

Question 44

gloss-, glosso-

Answer 44

"tongue", pertaining to the tongue

Question 45

inter-

Answer 45

between

Question 46

Lateral rotation of an appendage such that the palmar or plantar surface faces medially

Answer 46

Supination

Question 47

Study of structures visible to the unaided eye

Answer 47

Gross anatomy

Question 48

malleolus

Answer 48

"hammer", rounded process

Question 49

genu

Answer 49

"knee" or structure bent like the knee

Question 50

Toward/near the nose (Head only!)

Answer 50

Rostral

Question 51

"pulley", pully shaped part

Answer 51

trochlea

Question 52

crus, crural

Answer 52

leg, tibia/fibula

Question 53

Forepaw, surface contacting the ground

Answer 53

Palmar

Question 54

Toward the back; on the limbs, upper or front surface (opposite the footpads)

Answer 54

Dorsal

Question 55

Toward/near the head; on limbs, proximal to carpus and tarsus

Answer 55

Cranial

Question 56

teres

Answer 56

long and round, cylindrical

Question 57

an elevation or protuberance (generally larger than a tubercle)

Answer 57

tuberosity

Question 58

brachium, brachio-

Answer 58

arm, humerus

Question 59

Study of tissue structures with an electron microscope

Answer 59

Ultrastructural anatomy

Question 60

"trench", channel, a hollow or depressed area

Answer 60

fossa

Question 61

Plane at a right angle to the long axis of a structure

Answer 61

Transverse Plane

Question 62

genio

Answer 62

relating to the jaw, mandible

Question 63

small swelling, bump or protuberance

Answer 63

tubercle