Essential Terminology Flashcards
What is another name for the frontal plane?
Coronal plane
What is the frontal plane?
It divides the body into anterior and posterior sections (front and back)
What is another name for the transverse plane?
Axial
What is the transverse plane?
It runs horizontally and divides the body into superior and inferior sections (cutting through the axis of the body)
What is another name for the median plane?
Mid-sagittal
What does the median plane do?
It divides the body equally into left and right parts
What is another name for the Sagittal plane?
Para-sagittal
What does the sagittal plane do ?
They lie vertically and parallel
Proximal
Near the point of origin
Distal
Further away from the point of origin
Superior
Closer to the top of the skull
Inferior
Closer to the feet
Medial
Close to the median plane
Lateral
Further away from the median plane
Anterior
Closer to the front of the body
Posterior
Closer to the back of the body
Cyto
Cell
Itis
Inflammation
Bi
Two
Ulum
Little or small
Gastric
Stomach
Serratus
Like the teeth of a saw
