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Anatomy Orientation Flashcards

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anatomy

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science of body structure and their relationship

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prone

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face down

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supine

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face up

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Axial Skeleton

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head, neck, & trunk

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Appendicular

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appendages/limbs

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Anterior/ventral

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toward front of body

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posterior/dorsal

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toward back of body

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superior

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above/cranial - toward the head end

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inferior

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below/caudal - away from the head end

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medial

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towards the midline

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lateral

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away from the midline

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superficial

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towards the body surface

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deep

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away from the body surface

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proximal

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closer to the origin of the body part in question

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distal

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away/further away from the body part in question

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sagittal plane

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creates right & left halves

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midsagittal/median

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cuts plane into equal right and left parts

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parasagittal

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cuts plane into unqueal left & right

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frontal/coronal plane

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divides the body into anterior and posterior planes

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transverse/horizontal plane

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divides the body into superior and inferior parts

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gliding/translation

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

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flexion

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decrease in angle of joint

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extension

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increase in angle of a joint

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adbuction

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movement away from the limb or midline

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adduction

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movement towards the midline or limb

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circumduction

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

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rotation

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turning of a bone around its long axis

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dorsiflexion

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brings the superior surface of the foot towards the shin

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plantar flexion

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depresses the foot (point towards toes)

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inversion

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sole of foot turns medially

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eversion

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sole faces laterally

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pronation

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rotating forearm so the palm is posterior

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supination

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rotating the forearm so palm faces anterior

Anatomy Orientation (10 decks)

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