Descriptive Anatomical terms

Question 1

How many body systems are there ?

Answer 1

11

Question 2

List all the body systems

Answer 2

Skeletal 
Integumentary
Muscular
Nervous
Endocrine
Cardiovascular
Lymphatic/immune
Respiratory
Digestive
Urinary 
Reproductive

Question 3

What are all the descriptions of the human body based on?

Answer 3

The anatomical position

Question 4

The plane that separates the body into anterior and posterior parts is known as ?

Answer 4

Coronal plane

Question 5

The plane that separates the body into superior and inferior parts is known as ?

Answer 5

Horizontal plane

Question 6

The plane that separates the body into equal right and left sides is known as ?

Answer 6

Sagittal (median) plane

Question 7

What’s another name for horizontal plane?

Answer 7

Axial plane

Question 8

What is the back of the hand known as ?

Answer 8

Dorsal surface

Question 9

What is the front of the hand known as ?

Answer 9

Palmer surface

Question 10

What is the front of the body referred to as ?

Answer 10

Anterior / ventral

Question 11

What is the back of the body called ?

Answer 11

Posterior / dorsal

Question 12

What is the navel ?

Answer 12

The belly button

Question 13

What is the name given to “above” or towards the head ?

Answer 13

Superior (cranial)

Question 14

What is the name given to “below” or towards the feet?

Answer 14

Inferior (caudal)

Question 15

When are the terms proximal and distal used ?

Answer 15

They are only used when describing 2 points in the SAME LIMB

Question 16

What does proximal mean ?

Answer 16

A part on the limb closer to where the arm or leg inserts Into the body
Eg. The knee is proximal to the ankel

Question 17

What does distal mean ?

Answer 17

The part of the limb that is further away from where the arm or leg inserts into the body
Eg. The wrist is distal to the elbow

Question 18

What is the term used to describe a point that is closer to the midpoint of the body?

Answer 18

Medial

Question 19

What is the term used to describe a point that is closer to the midpoint of the body?

Answer 19

Medial

Question 20

What is the term used to describe a point that is further away from the midpoint of the body?

Answer 20

Lateral

Question 21

Describe the position of the nose relative to the eyes

Answer 21

The nose is medial, inferior and anterior (ventral) to the eyes

Question 22

What do u call the line that cuts through the midline of the body?

Answer 22

Mid-sagittle plane / median plane

Question 23

What do you call a line that doesn’t cut through the midline of the body?

Answer 23

Para-sagittal plane / paramedian plane

Question 24

what is the term used to describe the top of the foot?

Answer 24

dorsal

Question 25

what is the bottom of the foot known as?

Answer 25

plantar

Question 26

what does superficial mean?

Answer 26

on the surface / shallow

Question 27

what is the opposite of superficial?

Answer 27

deep

Question 28

what does cranial mean ?

Answer 28

relating to the skull or cranium

Question 29

when will the terms "internal" and "external" be used?

Answer 29

Internal and External are used to describe the relative distance of a structure from the center of an organ or cavity.

Question 30

what word refers to the same side of the body?

Answer 30

ipsilateral

Question 31

what term refers to opposite sides of the body ?

Answer 31

Contralateral

Question 32

what is the supine position ?

Answer 32

lying on the back

Question 33

what is the prone position?

Answer 33

lying face down

Question 34

``` define the following: unilateral bilateral contralateral ipsilateral ```

Answer 34

unilateral - one side bilateral - two sides contralateral - oposite sides ipsilateral - same side

Question 35

name all the types of joints in the human body and give an example of each

Answer 35

``` semi-mobile - ribs and vertebrae hinged joint - elbow immovable joint - skull ball and socket - hip cartilaginous joint - vertebrae ```

Question 36

What is flexion ?

Answer 36

Movement that takes place in the sagittal plane

Question 37

What does extension mean?

Answer 37

Straightening the joint ~ usually takes place in the posterior direction

Question 38

What is lateral flexion? (Pending)

Answer 38

The moment of the trunk in the Coronal plane | In normal words - bending from side to side

Question 39

What is abduction?

Answer 39

The moment of the limb away from the midline of the body in the Coronal plane

Question 40

What is adduction ?

Answer 40

The moment of the limbs towards the body in the Coronal plane

Question 41

When term is used to describe the movement of spreading the fingers apart ?

Answer 41

Abduction

Question 42

What is it called when you move your fingers closer together?

Answer 42

Adduction

Question 43

What is rotation?

Answer 43

The movement of a pat of the body around its long axis

Question 44

What is medial rotation?

Answer 44

It's the rotation that results in the anterior surface of the part facing medially

Question 45

What is lateral rotation?

Answer 45

It's the movement that results in the anterior surface of the part Facing laterally

Question 46

What is Pronation of the forearm?

Answer 46

It's the medial rotation of the forearm, the palm of the hand faces posteriorly

Question 47

What is circumduction?

Answer 47

It's the combination of flexion, extension, abduction and adduction

Question 48

What is protraction?

Answer 48

Moving forward

Question 49

What is retraction?

Answer 49

Moving backwards

Question 50

What is Inversion?

Answer 50

The movement of the foot so that the sole faces in a medial direction

Question 51

What is eversion?

Answer 51

The movement of the foot so that the sole faces in the lateral direction