Introduction Flashcards
The axial skeleton consists of the ___ of the body.
Core/Abdomen
The appendicular skeleton consists of the ____.
Extremities/limbs
The opposite of cranial is ______.
Caudal
Posterior is the ____of the body and anterior is the ___.
Back, front.
Parts of limbs nearer to the axial body are ______, while parts of limbs farther away are _____.
Proximal, distal.
“Caudal” refers to the _____ of the _____.
Tail of the spine.
The coronal plane separates the body how?
Between the anterior and posterior sides.
The sagittal plane separates the body how?
Between the right and left sides.
The transverse plane separates the body how?
The superior and inferior ends.
The parasagittal plane refers to:
A separation of right and left sides but not in the center.
An oblique plane separates the body ________.
Diagonally.
The occulus is the ___.
Eye
The auris is the ___.
Ear
The bucca is the _____.
Cheek
The cervicis is the ____.
Neck
The axilla is the ______.
Armpit
The brachium is the ___ and the antebrachium is the _______.
Arm, forearm.
The carpus is the _____.
Wrist
The mamma is the _____.
Breast
The pollex is the _____ and the digits are the _______.
Thumb, fingers