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Directional terms Flashcards

1
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What is proximal?

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Closer to or towards the trunk of the body (e.g shoulder at top of humerus)

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What is distal?

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away or farthest from the trunk of the body (e.g where humerus connects to radius and ulna)

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What is anterior?

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In front

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What is posterior?

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Behind

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What is cranial?

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Towards the head

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What is post cranial?

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Away from the head

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What is dorsal?

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towards the back of the body

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What is ventral?

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Towards the front of the body

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What is palmar?

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Anterior side of the hand

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What is plantar?

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inferior surface of foot (sole)

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What is inferior?

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Below, towards the feet

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What is superior?

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Above, towards the top of the head

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13
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What is lateral?

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away from the midline

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14
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What is medial?

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Towards the midline

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15
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What is the saggital plane?

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Vertical separation of left and right (horizontal)

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16
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What is the coronal plane?

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Separates the back and front

17
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What is the transverse plane?

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Separates top and bottom half

18
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What is endocranial?

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Internal surface of the skull

19
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What is ectocranial?

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External surface of the skull

20
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What is abduction?

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Movement away from the central midline

21
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What is adduction?

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moving towards the body

22
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What is opposition?

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Movement of the thumb to fingertips e.g pinching

23
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What is flexion and extension?

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Bending and extension of a limb

24
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What is medial and lateral rotation?

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Rotation around a point

25
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What is a gliding joint?

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Where the articulating surfaces are flat allowing the bones to slide over each other

26
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What is a hinge joint?

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Made of bones thats articulating surfaces are covered by cartilage e.g knee and fingers

27
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What is a pivot joint?

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Allows rotary movement around an axis e.g between atlas and axis allowing neck to move

28
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What is an ellipsoid joint?

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allow back and forth and side to side movement e.g between metacarpals and phalanges

29
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What is a saddle joint?

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End of one bone is concave and the other convex e.g thumb joint that can move more freely than wrist or fingers

30
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What is a ball and socket joint?

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When the rounded surface of one bone moves within a depression of another bone

31
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What is labial?

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side towards the lips (canines and incisors)

32
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What is buccal?

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side towards the cheeks (premolars and molars)

33
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What is lingual?

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Towards the tongue (canines and incisors)

34
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What is mesial?

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Towards the front (medial line)

35
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What is distal (teeth)?

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Towards the back

36
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What is the occlusal?

A

Biting surface

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