Core Anatomy, Anatomical Position, and Directional Terms Flashcards
Located under the obliques, it is the deepest of the abdominal muscles and wraps around your spine for protection.
Transverse abdominis
Located under the external abdominal obliques
Internal Abdominal Oblique
Located on the side and front of the abdomen.
External Abdominal Oblique
Located along the front of the abdomen, this is the most well-known abdominal muscle.
Rectus abdominis
Often referred to as the “six-pack”
Rectus abdominis
4 core muscles
Transverse abdominis
Internal abdominal obliques
External abdominal obliques
Rectus abdominis
Planes of the body
Sagittal Plane
Frontal Plane
Transverse Plane
Cuts the body into top and bottom halves
Transverse Plane
Divides the body into front and back or the anterior and posterior sides
Frontal Plane
Other term for frontal plane
Coronal plane
Cuts the body into left and right halves.
Sagittal Plane
The ____________ is a clinical assessment tool that has been developed to assess an individual’s closed kinetic chain flexibility, mobility and stability using sport- specific tasks.
Movement Competency Screen (MCS)
MCS
Movement Competency Screen (MCS)
______________ is preparation for the present and future. Typically, a warm-up only engages muscles and prepares your body for activity. But you can do more when preparing for movement.
Movement preparation
________ Is a form of exercise that improvesmuscular strengthandendurance.
Resistance training
During ___________ workout, you move your limbs against resistance provided by your body weight, gravity,bands, weighted bars or dumbbells.
resistance training
Some exercise machines can also be used for resistance training. Also known as _______, _______
Strength training; weightlifting
Resistance training Is a form of exercise that improves_______ and ______.
Muscular strength
Muscular endurance
Other term for sagittal plane
lateral plane
Other term for transverse plane
Axial plane
An imaginary line in the sagittal plane splitting the right and left halves evenly.
Midline
Towards the midline
Medial
Away from the midline
Lateral
(TRUE OR FALSE)
1. The eye is medial to the nose.
2. The nose is lateral to the ears
False
The eye is lateral to the nose.
False
The nose is medial to the ears
A directional term that refers to the front
Anterior
A directional term that refers to the back
Posterior
(TRUE OR FALSE)
1. the heart is
anterior to the sternum
2. the sternum
is posterior to the heart
- False
the heart is
posterior to the sternum - False
the sternum
is anterior to the heart
A directional term that means ‘higher’
Superior
A directional term that means ‘lower’
Inferior
(TRUE OR FALSE)
1. The head is
superior to the neck
- the umbilicus
is superior to the sternum. - The nose is superior to the mouth.
- The lungs are inferior to the liver.
- True
- False
the umbilicus
is inferior to the sternum. - True
- False
The lungs are superior to the liver.
______ are terms used
in structures that are considered to
have a beginning and an end (such as
the upper limb, lower limb and blood
vessels).
proximal and distal
toward or nearest the trunk or the point of origin of a part
proximal
away from or farthest from the trunk or the point or origin of a part
distal
(TRUE OR FALSE)
1. The wrist joint is distal to the elbow
joint.
2. The knee joint is proximal to the ankle
joint.
- True
- True
Anatomical Terms of Location
Medial and Lateral
Anterior and Posterior
Superior and Inferior
Proximal and Distal
