Introduction to the Language of Anatomy

Question 1

Anatomical Position

Answer 1

Arms by side, facing forward

Question 2

Occipital

Answer 2

back of head

Question 3

Thoracic

Answer 3

between shoulder blades

Question 4

Lumbar

Answer 4

middle of lower back

Question 5

Gluteal

Answer 5

butt

Question 6

Popliteal

Answer 6

knee pit

Question 7

Sural

Answer 7

calf

Question 8

Tarsal

Answer 8

ankle

Question 9

Calcaneal

Answer 9

heel

Question 10

Cephalic

Answer 10

head

Question 11

Cervical

Answer 11

neck

Question 12

Axillary

Answer 12

arm pit

Question 13

Brachial

Answer 13

upper arm

Question 14

Antebrachial

Answer 14

fore arm

Question 15

Carpals

Answer 15

wrist

Question 16

Digets

Answer 16

fingers/roes

Question 17

Abdominal

Answer 17

belly

Question 18

Inguinal

Answer 18

groin

Question 19

Pelvic

Answer 19

connects torso to legs

Question 20

Pubic

Answer 20

just about exterior genetalia

Question 21

Femoral

Answer 21

femur/thigh

Question 22

Anterior

Answer 22

front

Question 23

Posterior

Answer 23

back

Question 24

Medial

Answer 24

inside (closer to middle of the body)

Question 25

Lateral

Answer 25

outside (further from the middle of the body)

Question 26

Superior

Answer 26

above

Question 27

Inferior

Answer 27

below

Question 28

Proximal

Answer 28

above

Question 29

Distal

Answer 29

below

Question 30

When proximal and distal are used

Answer 30

for extremities such as arms and legs

Question 31

Ipsilateral

Answer 31

on the same side

Question 32

Contralateral

Answer 32

on the opposite side

Question 33

Frontal/Coronal

Answer 33

divides the body to anterior and posterior

Question 34

Movement associated with frontal/coronal

Answer 34

abduction and adduction

Question 35

Sagittal

Answer 35

divides the body to left and right

Question 36

Movement associated with sagittal

Answer 36

flexion and extension

Question 37

Transverse

Answer 37

divides the body to superior and inferior

Question 38

Movement associated with transverse

Answer 38

rotation

Question 39

Flexion

Answer 39

libs move closet together

Question 40

Extension

Answer 40

limbs become straighter

Question 41

Adduction

Answer 41

bring closer to midline

Question 42

Abduction

Answer 42

move away from midline

Question 43

Internal Rotation

Answer 43

toward midline

Question 44

External Rotation

Answer 44

away from midline

Question 45

Fossa

Answer 45

flat surface

Question 46

Process

Answer 46

pointed projection

Question 47

Condyle

Answer 47

connection point

Question 48

Trochanter

Answer 48

big bump

Question 49

Tubercle

Answer 49

little bump

Question 50

Tuberosity

Answer 50

roughened surface

Question 51

Spine

Answer 51

“thorn-like” projection

Question 52

Ramus

Answer 52

bridge

Question 53

Angle

Answer 53

change in direction

Question 54

Foramen

Answer 54

hole