EAC terms of reference - anatomical position

Question 1

frontal plane

Answer 1

mid line from left to right

Question 2

median plane

Answer 2

mid line from front to back

Question 3

transverse plane

Answer 3

splits top half and bottom half

Question 4

superior

Answer 4

toward the head or upper part of the structure

Question 5

inferior

Answer 5

away from the head or lower part of the structure

Question 6

anterior

Answer 6

nearer to or at the front of the body

Question 7

posterior

Answer 7

nearer to or at the back of the body

Question 8

medial

Answer 8

nearer to the mid line

Question 9

lateral

Answer 9

further form the mid line

Question 10

intermediate

Answer 10

between two structures

Question 11

ipsilateral

Answer 11

on the same side of the body as another structure

Question 12

contralateral

Answer 12

on the opposite side of the body as another structure

Question 13

proximal

Answer 13

nearer from the origination of a structure

Question 14

distal

Answer 14

further from the origination of a structure

Question 15

superficial

Answer 15

toward or on the surface of the body

Question 16

deep

Answer 16

away from the surface of the body

Question 17

erect

Answer 17

upright in position or posture

Question 18

recumbent/supine

Answer 18

laying down or leaning backward

Question 19

prone

Answer 19

being in a horizontal position when laying face down

Question 20

lateral recumbent

Answer 20

the posture assumed by the patient lying on the left side with right thigh and knee drawn up

Question 21

flexion

Answer 21

movement allowed by certain joints of the skeleton that decreases the angle between 2 adjoining bones, such as bending elbow

Question 22

extension

Answer 22

a straightening movement that increases the angle between two adjoining bones

Question 23

abduction

Answer 23

movement of a limb away from the axis of the body

Question 24

adduction

Answer 24

movement of a limb towards the axis of the body

Question 25

supination

Answer 25

one of the kinds of rotation allowed by certain skeletal joints such as the elbow and wrist joints to turn the hand palm up or forwards

Question 26

pronation

Answer 26

To turn or rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the palm faces down or back.