Anatomy Lab - Quiz 1 Flashcards
What are the four characteristics of the anatomical position?
1 - standing erect 2 - feet together, pointing forward 3 - arms at sides 4 - palms forward
Name two types of planes.
Longitudinal Planes and Horizontal Planes
Name two types of longitudinal planes.
Sagittal and Frontal
Name two types of sagittal planes.
Midsagittal (Median) and Parasagittal
Name one type of horizontal plane.
Transverse
What is another name for midsagittal?
Median
What is another name for frontal?
Coronal
What is a longitudinal plane?
a plane that goes through center facing long ways
What is a sagittal plane?
cut into left and right
What is a midsagittal plane?
splits body down the midline. separates the body into equal left and right sides. symetrical
What is a parasagittal plane?
splits the body into unequal left and right portions
What is a frontal plane?
splits the body into the front and back. not symetrical
What is a transverse plane?
cut into upper and lower body but can be in any place
Directional Terms: Posterior and Anterior
behind/front
Directional Terms: Dorsal and Ventral
back/stomach
Directional Terms: Medial and Lateral
closer to midline/further from midline
Directional Terms: Superior and Inferior
Up/Down
Directional Terms: Proximal and Distal
(appendages) closer to attachment/further
Directional Terms: Superficial and Deep
Closer to surface/more internal
Directional Terms: External and Internal
Closer to surface/more internal
Directional Terms: Right and Left
right or left on the body in question (not mine)
What are the regions of the body?
Axial Region and Appendicular Regions
What are the Axial Regions?
Head, Neck, and Trunk (torso)
What is another word for “trunk”?
torso
What are four regions of the trunk?
Thorax, Abdomen, Pelvis, and Perineum
Where is the perineum area?
the area between legs around anus and external genitalia
What is the appendicular region?
Upper Limb (arm) and lower limb (legs)
What is another name for the upper arm?
Brachium or brachial
What is another name for the front of the elbow?
antecubital or Cubital fossa
What is another name for the forearm?
antebrachium or antebrachial
What is another name for the hand?
manus or manual
Name four parts of the manus.
carpal (wrist area of base of hand) palm ( also called palmar or volar) (area supported by the metacarpal skeleton) dorsum manus (back of hand) digits (fingers) pollex (thumb)
What is another name for the wrist area or the base of the hand?
carpus or carpal
What is the area supported by metacarpal skeleton called?
palm or palmar or volar
What is another name for the back of the hand?
dorsum manus
What is another name for the fingers?
digits, digital, or phalangeal
what is another name for the thumb?
pollex
What body parts are considered the lower limb?
Buttocks (gluteal region), Thigh (femoral), Popliteal fossa, Crus (shank) (leg), Pes (pedal) (foot)
What areas are part of the buttocks?
Natal cleft (intergluteal cleft), Gluteal Fold (between inferior buttock and the thigh)
What area is part of the Crus, (shank), (leg)?
Sural region (calf)
What areas are part of the Pes (pedal) (foot)?
tarsus (ankle area or base of pes), heel (calcaneal), sole (plantar region), Dorsum pedis (top of foot, analog of back of hand), Digits (toes) (phalangeal)
What is the big toe?
hallux
What is the hand?
manus
What is the lower limb?
leg
What is the buttocks?
gluteal region
What is the thigh?
femoral
What is the back of the knee?
popliteal fossa or popliteal
What is the crural?
crus (shank) (leg)
What is the calf region?
Sural region
What is the foot?
Pedal, Pes, foot
What is the ankle area or base of pes?
tarsus (tarsal)
What is the heel?
calcaneal
What is the sole of the foot?
plantar region
What is the top of the foot or analog of the back of the hand?
dorsum pedis
What are the toes?
digits or phalangeal