Anatomy Terms Flashcards
What is anatomy?
The science of shape and structure of an organism and its parts.
What is kinesiology?
The study of movement.
What is the difference between anatomy and kinesiology?
Anatomy is the study of the human form whereas kinesiology studies how the structure of the form of the body moves.
What is the anatomic position and why is it important?
The anatomic position is a person standing upright, facing forward, with the arms at the sides, the palms facing forward, and the fingers and thumb extended. The anatomic position is important because it is used as a reference position for mapping the locations, structures and points of the human body.
What are the reference points for the anatomic position? Meaning what is anterior, supination, ect.?
With the person standing upright, they face forward (anterior)
The arms out to the sides, with the palms facing forward (supination)
And the fingers and the thumb are extended
What is the human skeleton/body divided into? 2 major components.
Axial Skeleton (Axial Body) and the Appendicular Skeleton (Appendicular Body)
What does the axial skeleton (Axial Body) consist of?
Contains the cranium, spine and sacrum (Head, Neck and Trunk).
What does the appendicular skeleton (Appendicular Body) consist of?
The appendicular skeleton (appendicular body) is made up of the appendages the “hang onto” or attaches to the axial body and consists of the upper extremities and lower extremities.
What does the upper extremity consist of and what skeleton/body is it apart of?
The upper extremity is part of the appendicular body. It consists of the scapula, clavicle, humerus, radias, ulna, carpals, Meta Carpals, and Phalanges. (Shoulder Girdle, Arm, Forearm and Hand).
What does the lower extremity consist of and what skeleton/body is it apart of?
The lower extremity is apart of the appendicular skeleton. It contains the pelvic bones, femur, fibula, tibia, tarsals, Meta Tarsals, Phalanges (Pelvic Girdle, Thigh, Leg and Foot).
What skeletal body is the pelvis girdle apart of?
The pelvic girdle is considered to be a transitional space as the sacrum is included but is really part of the Axial skeleton not the Appendicular Skeleton.
What body part is the head?
Axial Body Part
What body part is the neck?
Axial Body Part
What body part is the trunk?
Axial Body Part
What body part is the shoulder girdle?
Upper Extremity
What body part is the arm?
Upper Extremity
What body part is the forearm?
Upper Extremity
What body part is the hand?
Upper Extremity
What body part is the pelvis?
Lower Extremity
What body part is the thigh?
Lower Extremity
What body part is the leg?
Lower Extremity
What body part is the foot?
Lower Extremity
What is a joint?
Joints are what separates one body part from another and are located between the bones of adjacent body parts.
When a body part moves it moves in relation to another body part and this movement occurs at the ______ between the two adjacent body parts.
Joint
Anterior means?
Farther to the front
Posterior means?
Farther to the back
Medial means?
Closer to the midline or midSagittal plane (an imaginary line dividing the body into right and left halves.)
Lateral means?
Further from the mid-Sagittal plane