Anatomy Orientation

Question 1

anatomy

Answer 1

science of body structure and their relationship

Question 2

prone

Answer 2

face down

Question 3

supine

Answer 3

face up

Question 4

Axial Skeleton

Answer 4

head, neck, & trunk

Question 5

Appendicular

Answer 5

appendages/limbs

Question 6

Anterior/ventral

Answer 6

toward front of body

Question 7

posterior/dorsal

Answer 7

toward back of body

Question 8

superior

Answer 8

above/cranial - toward the head end

Question 9

inferior

Answer 9

below/caudal - away from the head end

Question 10

medial

Answer 10

towards the midline

Question 11

lateral

Answer 11

away from the midline

Question 12

superficial

Answer 12

towards the body surface

Question 13

deep

Answer 13

away from the body surface

Question 14

proximal

Answer 14

closer to the origin of the body part in question

Question 15

distal

Answer 15

away/further away from the body part in question

Question 16

sagittal plane

Answer 16

creates right & left halves

Question 17

midsagittal/median

Answer 17

cuts plane into equal right and left parts

Question 18

parasagittal

Answer 18

cuts plane into unqueal left & right

Question 19

frontal/coronal plane

Answer 19

divides the body into anterior and posterior planes

Question 20

transverse/horizontal plane

Answer 20

divides the body into superior and inferior parts

Question 21

gliding/translation

Answer 21

simple, flat surfaces that glide over one another (ie. intercarpal joints)

Question 22

flexion

Answer 22

decrease in angle of joint

Question 23

extension

Answer 23

increase in angle of a joint

Question 24

adbuction

Answer 24

movement away from the limb or midline

Question 25

adduction

Answer 25

movement towards the midline or limb

Question 26

circumduction

Answer 26

movement of limb that creates a cone in space- circular motion

Question 27

rotation

Answer 27

turning of a bone around its long axis

Question 28

dorsiflexion

Answer 28

brings the superior surface of the foot towards the shin

Question 29

plantar flexion

Answer 29

depresses the foot (point towards toes)

Question 30

inversion

Answer 30

sole of foot turns medially

Question 31

eversion

Answer 31

sole faces laterally

Question 32

pronation

Answer 32

rotating forearm so the palm is posterior

Question 33

supination

Answer 33

rotating the forearm so palm faces anterior