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Anatomy - planes, opposites and movement Flashcards

1
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Dividing the body into any left and right

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Sagittal plane

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2
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Dividing the body into front and back

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Coronal Plane

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Dividing the body into top and bottom

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Axial (transverse) plane

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4
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dividing the body at an angle

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Oblique plane

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5
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anterior

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Near the front of the body

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Posterior

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Near the back of the body

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7
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near the top of the head is called…

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Superior

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8
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near the soles of the feet is called…

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Inferior

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9
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near the top of the head can also be described as…

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Cranial

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10
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Near the soles of the feet/tail can also be known as…

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Caudal

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11
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nearer the midline…

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medial

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12
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further from the midline

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lateral

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13
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near the attachment of the limb

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proximal

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14
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further from the attachment of the limb

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distal

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15
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Near the surface of the body

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superficial

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16
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further from the body surface

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deep

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17
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describe what Major and minor are opposites of

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relatively larger and smaller structure with the same name

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18
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further from the center of the body/organs

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external

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19
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closer to the center of the body/organs

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internal

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20
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Dorsal is always…

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Posterior

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21
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anterior surface of wrist

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Volar

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22
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anterior surface of hand

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Palmer

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23
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anterior surface of tongue

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Ventral

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24
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anterior surface of foot

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Planter

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25
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unilateral

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structure on one side of the body - appendix

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26
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bilateral

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paired structure - lungs, kidneys

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27
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midline

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structure located in the midline - belly button

28
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ipsilateral

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two structures that lie on the same side - right upper limb and right lower limb

29
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Contralateral

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structures that lie on the opposite side - left upper limb and right lower limb

30
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who’s left and right is it

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patients

31
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Describe anatomical position

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feet slightly separated, body facing anteriorly, palms and eyes facing anteriorly,

32
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movement away from the medial plane

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abduction

33
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movement toward the medial plane

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adduction

34
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anterior surface of limb rotates towards the medial plane

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internal/medial rotation

35
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anterior surface of limb rotates away from the medial plane

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external/lateral rotation

36
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how many pairs of bones are there in the human body

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75

37
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how many bones in the human body

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206

38
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circular motion at a joint is called…

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circumduction

39
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decreasing the angle of the bones at a joint

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flexion (superior to the knee)

40
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Increasing the angle of the bones at a joint

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Extension (inferior to the knee)

41
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what is eversion

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the sole of the foot rotating away from the medial plane

42
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what is inversion

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the sole of the foot rotating towards the medial plane

43
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Upwards flexion of foot

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Dorsiflexion

44
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Downwards movement of foot

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Plantarflexion

45
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what is pronation

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when you rotate the anterior surface of your forearm so that the palm of you hand faces posteriorly

46
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when you rotate your forearm back from the pronated position into the anatomical position so that the palm faces anteriorly…this is called

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supination

47
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what is the ‘halfway’ term for a hand that is not facing anteriorly or posteriorly

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semi-prone

48
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abduction of digits is..

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moving your fingers apart from each other

49
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adduction of digits is…

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moving your abducted digits back into place

50
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flexion of digits is…

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curling your fingers toward the palm

51
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extension of digits is…

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stretching you fingers back out (kind of like thank you in Makaton)

52
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extension of wrist is…

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moving wrist upwards like you are wafting something off your keyboard

53
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flexion of wrist……

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moving wrist down like when people indicate they are fruity

54
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opposition of thumb/hand is when…

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thumb crosses over palm to touch tip of other fingers

55
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reposition of thumb/digits is when…

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thumb returns to normal position after being crossed over the palm

56
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abduction of thumb

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moving thumb anteriorly from palm

57
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adduction of thumb

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returning thumb after abduction

58
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extension of thumb

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taking thumb laterally from palm

59
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flexion of thumb

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crossing thumb over palm

60
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moving your shoulders up and down aka. superiorly and inferiorly are what types of movement

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elevation and depression

61
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moving your jaw out and in is what type of movement

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protrusion and retrusion

62
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the anterior movement and posterior movement of for example shoulders while rowing

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protraction and retraction

63
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what is lateral flexion

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lateral bending

64
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how many bones in the hand

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27 each

65
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how many bones in the foot

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26 each

First Year med - dundee (4 decks)

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