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Intro Flashcards

1
Q

The body is divided longitudinally through the midline into right and left
halves. What plane is this?

A

Medial Plane

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2
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The body is divided longitudinally into its
anterior (front) and posterior (back) sections. What plane is this?

A

Frontal Plane

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3
Q

The body is divided cross-sectionally into
upper and lower part. What plane is this?

A

Transverse Plane

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4
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Positional terms- Inferior

A

Further from the head

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5
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Positional terms- superior

A

Nearer the head

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6
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Positional terms- Proximal

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Closer to the original limb or body part

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7
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Positional terms- Distal

A

Further away from the original limb or body part.

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8
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Positional terms- Medial

A

Closer to the Midline of the body

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9
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Positional term- Superficial

A

Closer to the surface of the body

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10
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Positional terms- Deep

A

Closer to the centre of the body

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11
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Positional terms- posterior

A

Behind

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12
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Positional terms- Anterior

A

In front

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13
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Positional terms- dorsal or posterior

A

Relating to the back of any body part

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14
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Positional terms- ventral or anterior

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Relating to the front of any body

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15
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Positional terms- palmar

A

Relating to the palms of the hands

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16
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Positional terms- plantar

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Relating to the soles of the feet

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17
Q

Positional terms- ulnar

A

Relating to the little finger side of the forearm

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18
Q

Positional terms- radial

A

Relating to the thumb side of the forearm

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19
Q

Positional terms- supine

A

Lying face up

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20
Q

Positional terms- prone

A

Lying face down

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21
Q

What are the 4 body cavities?

A

Cranial, Thoracic, Abdominal and Pelvic

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22
Q

What body parts does the cranial body cavity contain?

A

The brain

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23
Q

What body parts are in the thoracic body cavity?

A
  • the trachea (windpipe) and lungs
  • the heart and numerous blood vessels
  • the oesophagus (part of the digestive system)
  • lymph vessels and lymph nodes
24
Q

What body parts are in the abdominal cavity?

A
  • the stomach, small intestine, and most of the large intestine
  • the liver, gall bladder, bile ducts and pancreas
  • the spleen
  • the kidneys and adrenal glands
  • blood vessels, lymph vessels and lymph nodes
25
Q

What body parts are in the Pelvic cavity?

A
  • the sigmoid colon, rectum, and anus
  • some loops of the small intestine
  • urinary bladder, urethra
  • in the female: uterus, ovaries, and vagina
  • in the male: prostate gland and other structures of the male reproductive system
26
Q

What are sesamoid bones? Can you name some examples?

A

Sesamoid bones are those bones which are situated within tendons, for example the patella and pisiform bones.

27
Q

What are considered to be the 2 parts of the skeleton?

A

The axial and the appendicular skeleton

28
Q

What does the axial skeleton consist of?

A
  • the skull
  • the vertebrae
  • the ribs
  • the sternum
  • the sacrum and
  • the coccyx.
29
Q

What bones consist of the appendicular skeleton?

A
  • the bones which “hang off” the axial
    skeleton which are…
  • the shoulder girdle (scapulae
    and clavicles
  • the (arm bones) humerus,
    radius, and ulna
  • the bones of the wrist and hand
  • the hip bones
  • the leg bones (femur, fibula, and
    tibia) and
  • the bones of the ankles and
    feet.
30
Q

Tibia meaning…

A

Like a flute/pipe

31
Q

Fibula meaning…

A

Like a buckle/brooch

32
Q

Femur meaning…

A

Thigh

33
Q

Humerus meaning…

A

Shoulder

34
Q

Radius meaning…

A

Spoke of a wheel

35
Q

Hamate meaning….

A

Like a hook

36
Q

Scaphoid meaning

A

Like a boat

37
Q

Occipital meaning….

A

Back of the hand

38
Q

Parietal meaning..

A

Like a wall of a house

39
Q

Sternum meaning…

A

The chest

40
Q

Manubrium meaning…

A

Handle

41
Q

Xiphoid meaning..

A

Sword

42
Q

Ilium meaning

A

Flank

43
Q

Sacrum meaning…

A

Sacred bone

44
Q

What’s the Greek or Latin term for a hollow (from the Latin term for ditch)

A

Fossa

45
Q

What the Greek or Latin term for the curved surface of bone which forms part of a joint?

A

Condyle

46
Q

What’s the Greek or Latin term for ‘a bony feature which is closely related to (on/above) a condyle’?

A

Epicondyle

47
Q

What the Greek or Latin term for ‘ a bony feature which projects out from surrounding bone’?

A

Tuberosity

48
Q

What the Greek or Latin term for ‘ a hole/channel through bone (often forms the passage for blood vessels or nerves’?

A

Foremen (plural- Foramina)

49
Q

What word in Greek or Latin is ‘ a foot like bony process (forms part of a typical vertebra)’?

A

Pedicle

50
Q

In Greek or Latin what is ‘a flat process (forms part of typical vertebra)’?

A

Lamina

51
Q

What joins bones to bones?

A

Ligaments

52
Q

What links muscles to bones?

A

Tendons

53
Q

Muscles that work in pairs are also know as?

A

antagonistic muscles.

54
Q

Name the word meaning fibres that run parallel to the midline?

A

Rectus

55
Q

Name the word meaning fibres that run at right angle to the midline?

A

Transverse

56
Q

Name the word meaning fibres that run diagonally to the midline?

A

Oblique

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