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anatomical position

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> standing with arms at the sides, palms facing forward, with the head and feet facing.

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supine position

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lie face up

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prone position

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lying facing down

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directional terms

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—-

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superior

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above; towards the head

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inferior

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below; towards the feet

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medial

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toward the midline

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lateral

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away from the midline

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cranial

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towards the head

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caudal

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toward the tail

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proximal

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closer to the top of the limb

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distal

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further away from the shoulder join or the hip joint

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anterior

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the front of the body

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posterior

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back of the body

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deep

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towards the center of the body or body part

ex:
the lungs are deep to the skin

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superficial

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closer to the surface of the body than another structure

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ventral

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towards the front or belly

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dorsal

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towards the back

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Planes and Sections

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sagittal plane

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divides the body into right and left portions that may or may not be equal

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frontal plane (also known as coronal plane)

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is a vertical plane that divides the body into anterior (front) and posterior (back) parts.

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transverse plane

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cross-sectional plane or horizontal plane) cut perpendicularly along the long axis of the body or organ. Body or organ is separated into both superior (upper) and inferior (lower) parts.

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BODY LANDMARKS

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UPPER EXTREMITY

brachial

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the upper arm

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UPPER EXTREMITY

Antebrachial

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the forearm (between the elbow & wrist)

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UPPER EXTREMITY

olecranal

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outer elbow (posterior aspect of the elbow )

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UPPER EXTREMITY

Antecubital

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inner elbow; known as cubital region

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LOWER EXTREMITY

femoral

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the thigh

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LOWER EXTREMITY

crural

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leg (the portion of the lower limb knee & the ankle )

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Cephalic

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head

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cervical

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neck

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Thoracic

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Chest

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lumbar

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low back; the inferior part of the back between the ribs and the pelvis

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sacral

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posterior region between the hip bones (below lumbar)

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orbital

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the eye

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ocular

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associated w/ eyeball

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oral

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mouth

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buccal

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cheek

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axillary

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armpit

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acromial

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shoulder; sharp corner of shoulder

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gluteal

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buttock; the butt

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patellar

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kneecap

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popliteal

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posterior knee; behind the knee

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abdominal

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abdomen; region between thorax & pelvis

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pubic

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anterior region of the pelvis (pubis)

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SKELETAL TERMS

A

——

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foramen

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round or oval opening through a bone

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fissure

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deep groove or crack like sore of the skin

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fossa

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depression of cavity

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opening or depression

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foramen; fissure

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facet

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pair of small joins in between the vertebrae in the back of spine

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condyle

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rounded that articulates with another bone

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articulate process

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where two bones meet.

ex: knee joint

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tuberosity

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rough surface

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tubercle

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small, rounded process

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trochanter

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large process on a bone

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epicondyle

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raised area on and or above a condyle

Condyle means rounded surface

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THE APPENDICULAR SKELETON

A

—

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clavicle

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an S shape bone that extend between the manubrium of the sternum and the acromion of the scapula

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sternal end

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a roughly pyramidal in shape and articulates with the manubrium of the sternum, forming sternoclavicular joint

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acromial end

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(Lateral end) the clavicle is broad and flattened

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Conoid tubercle

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clavicle right, inferior

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scapula

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the left or right scapula

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acromion process

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the scapular spine that hooks over anteriorly

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Coracoid process

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a short projection from the shoulder blade which part of the biceps is attached

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glenoid cavity

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a bone into which another bone fits form a join

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scapular spine

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bone that separates the suprapinatous fossa from the infraspinatous

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Subscapular fossa

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under the scapula; the large depressed inside of the wing

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infraspinous fossa

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posterior; under the spine

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supraspinous fossa

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above the spine

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Humerus

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large bone upper extremity; the arm

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head of humerus

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rounded side

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deltoid tuberosity

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ridge that spilts the 2 tubercles on front of bone

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greater tubercle

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greater of the 2 buldges on front of bone

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lesser tubercle

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smaller of the 2 buldges on front of bone

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intertubercular sulcus

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between lesser tubercle and the greater tubercle

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capitulum

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side of elbow join, opp side of bulge

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olecranon fossa

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space at posterior side of elbow

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lateral epicondyle

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Lateral side of bottom

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Medial epicondyle

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medial side of bottom that bulges out

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trochlea

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medial side of elbow join, beside bulge

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radial fossa

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space above the capitulum

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coronoid fossa

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space above the trochlea

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ulna

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the inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm

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olecranon process

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proximal end of ulna on the dorsal side

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Styloid process

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dorsal, medial head of the ulna

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trochlear notch

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opening mouth of the wrench; located in end of ulna, opening in the ventral plane

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head of ulna

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distal forearm

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coronoid process

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below the trochlear notch of ulna; thin bottom of mouth

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radial notch

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lateral aspect of the coronoid process

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radius

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later and shorter of the two forearm bones

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ulnar notch

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medial aspect of the distal radius

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styloid process

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lateral aspect of the distal radius becomes increasingly ridge

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radial tuberosity

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distal to the medial part of the back; lumpy bump

95
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She Looks Too Pretty Try To Catch Her

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