Introduction to Anatomy

Question 1

What opposes anterior (ventral)?

Answer 1

Posterior (dorsal)

Question 2

What opposes superior (cranial)

Answer 2

Inferior (caudal)

Question 3

What opposes medial?

Answer 3

Lateral

Question 4

What opposes superficial?

Answer 4

Deep

Question 5

What opposes proximal?

Answer 5

Distal

Question 6

What is the plane that bisects the human body in left and right halves?

Answer 6

Sagittal plane

Question 7

What is the plane that cuts the body in anterior and posterior halves?

Answer 7

Coronal plane

Question 8

What is the plane that cuts the body into top and bottom halves?

Answer 8

Transverse, horizontal, or axial plane

Question 9

the metacarples in the hand primarily work with this kind of joint motion?

Answer 9

Gliding

Question 10

What kind of movement is curling a dumbbell with your bicep?

Answer 10

Flexion

Question 11

What is the opposite of flexion?

Answer 11

Extension

Question 12

Describe abduction and adduction using the lower limb as an example

Answer 12

Abduction is swinging the leg away from the body and adduction is swinging the lower leg back to anatomical position.

Question 13

What is circumduction?

Answer 13

This is when a rotating circle is made with a limb which creates a cone shape. Imagine pointing your finger straight out and with your arm extended and drawing a circle in the air. This creates a cone and is circumduction.

Question 14

What is rotation?

Answer 14

Turning your head to look left and right.

Question 15

What is plantar flexion vs. dorsiflexion?

Answer 15

Dorsiflexion is lifting your foot towards your shin versus plantar flexion where the foot is pointed away from your shin.

Question 16

Describe inversion?

Answer 16

This is where an ankle is rolled medially toward the body.

Question 17

Describe eversion?

Answer 17

This is where the ankle is rolled laterally away from the body.

Question 18

What is supination?

Answer 18

This is actually anatomical position of the hands with palms facing upward as if they could hold a bold of Soup.

Question 19

What is pronation?

Answer 19

This is a rotation of the hand away from anatomical position where the thumb will rotate over the hand medially from the supination position.

Question 20

What is protraction versus retraction?

Answer 20

Protraction is where the jaw is pushed outward and retraction is where the jaw is pulled back into the face causing overjet.

Question 21

Describe elevation versus depression.

Answer 21

Elevation is lifting the jaw to close the teeth together, and depression is where the jaw is allowed to lower where the mouth is now open.

Question 22

Describe opposition using the hand as an example.

Answer 22

Opposition is where the index finger and thumb are moved together and oppose each other. Think of the A-OK hand symbol.

Question 23

What is anatomical position?

Answer 23

Think of Da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man with the feet together. This is the initial reference point for describing body regions, terminology, and movements.