Anatomical Terms. Planes and Movments

Question 1

What is anatomical postion

Answer 1

Feet together your palms facing outward and standing upright this is the position that all anatomy is described in reference to

Question 2

What is the Frontal Plane

Answer 2

This cuts your body into the front and the back half. Cutting into anterior and posterial sections.

Question 3

What axis is the Frontal Plane on

Answer 3

The sagittal axis

Question 4

What is the Sagittal Plane

Answer 4

It cuts the body into the let and right side

Question 5

What axis is the sagittal plane on

Answer 5

The frontal axis

Question 6

What is the transverse plane

Answer 6

It cuts the body into a top and bottom half

Question 7

What axis is the transverese plane on

Answer 7

The longitudinal axis

Question 8

What are the three planes

Answer 8

Frontal
Sagittal Plane
Transverse

Question 9

What is a longitudinal section

Answer 9

A cut that you make along that view looking at things in certain planes

Question 10

What is a transverse section

Answer 10

Taking a puck out of your arm

Question 11

What is an oblique section

Answer 11

When you make a cut on a funny angle

Question 12

What does proximal mean

Answer 12

Close to the trunk

Question 13

What does distal mean

Answer 13

Away from the trunk

Question 14

What does medial mean

Answer 14

Close to the mid line

Question 15

What does lateral mean

Answer 15

away from the mid line

Question 16

What does posterior mean

Answer 16

Towards the back

Question 17

What does anterior mean

Answer 17

Towards the front

Question 18

What does superior mean

Answer 18

Towards the top of the head

Question 19

What does inferior mean

Answer 19

Towards the feet

Question 20

What the different cavities of the lungs

Answer 20

Right pulmonary space
Left pulmonary space
Superior mediastinum
Inferior mediastinum
Diaphragm

Question 21

What is the inferior mediastinum for

Answer 21

Means middle space
This is where the heart is

Question 22

What is the diaphragm for

Answer 22

Closes the inferior thoracic aperture

Question 23

What are the three different cavities

Answer 23

Crainal cavity which is where the skull is
Thoracic cavity in cased with ribs
and the abdominopelvic cavity

Question 24

What is the abdominopelvic cavity consit of

Answer 24

Abodminal cavity
Pelvic Cavity

Question 25

What are the first three regions of the abodmen when looking at the page

Answer 25

Right hypochondriac(cartilage) Epigastric region (above stomach) Left hypochondriac region

Question 26

What are the three middle sections of the stomach

Answer 26

Right lumbar region Umbilical region Left lumbar region

Question 27

What are the three lower regions of the stomach

Answer 27

Right inguinal region Pubic region Left inguinal region

Question 28

What are the three lines that cut

Answer 28

Midclavicular lines Subcostal line Transtubercular line

Question 29

What are the regions of the arm starting from the top to the bottom

Answer 29

Deltoid region which is the shoulder Arm Elbow Forearm Carpal region (wrist) Hand (palmar)

Question 30

What are the regions of the lower limb

Answer 30

Gluteal region Thigh Knee Leg Foot

Question 31

What is the dorsal and plantar surface of the foot

Answer 31

Dorsal is the top of the foot and Plantar is the bottom of the foot

Question 32

What is lateral flexion

Answer 32

Movement of torso from side to side

Question 33

What is abudction and adduction of the leg and arm in frontal plan

Answer 33

Abduction is away from the body Adduction is towards the body

Question 34

What is exversion and inversion of the foot

Answer 34

Exversion is turning it outward and inversion and turing it inward

Question 35

What is abduction and adduction of hand

Answer 35

Abduction is radial deviation Adduction is ulnar deviation

Question 36

What is adduction of abduction of the fingers

Answer 36

Movment toward midline of the hand Movment away from the hand

Question 37

What is extensions and flexion of the body and what plane

Answer 37

Flexion is dropping your body forward Extension is extending your back sagital plane

Question 38

What is extension and flexion of the leg

Answer 38

Extension is kicking back Flexion is exetending the leg forward you can also bend the knee so flexion is bending the knee and extension is standing straight

Question 39

What is dorsi flexion and plantar flexion

Answer 39

Dorsi is flexing the foot up and extension is point the foot down this can be done in the toes too

Question 40

What is flexion and extension at the elbow

Answer 40

Flexion is holding a plate postion and extension is resting

Question 41

What is flexion and extension of the arm

Answer 41

Flexion is in front of you and extension is behind you

Question 42

What is flexion and extension of the hand

Answer 42

Flexion is forward anf extension is back ward and same with the fingers

Question 43

What is rotation of the body and what plane is it in

Answer 43

Turing at your trunk or turning your leg in and out and transverse

Question 44

What is medial vs lateral rotation

Answer 44

Medial is turing something inwards and lateral is away you can do this with you hand if you hold it like your holding a plate and keep it close and then away from your body

Question 45

What is abduction and adduction of the toes in tranverse plane

Answer 45

Abduction is toes are away and adduction is relaxed

Question 46

What is retracation and protraction of the scapula

Answer 46

Retracted is putting your scapulas together and protraction is away

Question 47

What are some compound movments

Answer 47

Repostion Opposition Circumduction

Question 48

What is circumduction

Answer 48

spinning your arm or leg in a circle

Question 49

Whats the difference between parasagittal and median plane

Answer 49

Parasagittal is a cut off to the side and median is a cut in the middle