Final Review (Vocab) Flashcards
Conduction
touching through another object
Radiation
heat lost through body; head and neck
convection
transfer through air
respiration
losing heat when breathing
evaporation
sweat drying on skin
abduction
moving away from midline
adduction
moving towards midline
proximal
closest to trunk
distal
farthest from trunk
flexion
decreasing angle of joint
extension
increasing angle of joint
pronation
palms down
supination
palms up
superior
upper or above
inferior
lower or below
internal rotation
opening of a joint posteriorly
external rotation
opening of a joint anteriorly
dorsiflexion
bringing toes towards shin
inversion
inward medially
eversion
outward laterally
lateral
farther from midline
medial
closer to midline
anterior
front
posterior
back
sesamoid
floating bones
short
wide as long
long
longer that wide
flat
how it sounds thin like a plate
irregular
doesnt fit into any other category
plantar flexion
point/plant toes or ball of foot