Anatomy 2 and 3 - How do clinicians communicate + Body Systems Flashcards
Word for when patient is lying on their tummy flat?
Prone
Plane which cuts you vertically (one arm and leg in each halve)?
Sagittal plane (longitudinal)
Plane that slices you into anterior and posterior parts?
Coronal plane (frontal)
Plane which cuts you horizontally?
Axial (transverse) plane
Other name for inferior?
Caudal
Name for anterior and posterior surface of wrist?
Anterior = volar Posterior = dorsal
Name for anterior and posterior surface of hand?
A = palmar P = dorsal
Name for anterior and posterior surface of tongue?
A (top) = dorsal
P = ventral
Name for superior and inferior surface of foot?
S = dorsal I = Plantar
What is the word used to describe a single structure located at the median plane?
Midline
What is the name of a sagittal plane taken right in the midline?
Median (median sagittal) plane - paramedian if exactly parallel to the median plane
Opposite of ipsilateral?
Contralateral (structures lie on opposite sides of the body)
What is the name for decreasing the angle between the bones at a joint? Opposite?
Flexion
Extension
What is the name for movement away from the median plane? Opposite?
Abduction
Adduction
What is the name when the anterior surface of a limb rotates towards the median plane? Opposite (each has 2 names)
Internal/ medial rotation
External/ lateral rotation