Kinesiology Flashcards
Abduction
Draws away from the midline
Adduction
Draws toward the midline
Ambulatory
Able to move about, not confined to a bed
Anatomical Position
To stand erect with arms at the sides and palms facing forward
Anterior
Situated in from of or directed towards the front
Articulation
Connection between bones; joint
Axilla
Armpit
Caudal
Toward the feet
Inferior
Cephalad
Towards the head
Cranial
Cervical
Pertaining to the neck or the cervix of the uterus
Deep
Farther from the surface
Diffuse
Spread out over a wide area
Distal
Farther from the limb root
Dorsiflexion
Backward flexion, as in bending backward either a hand or foot
Everted
Turned outward
Extension
Straightening out
External
Outside
Flexion
Bending or angulation
Frontal/coronal plan
Divides the body into anterior and posterior parts
Internal
Inside
Inversion
Turning inward
Lateral
Further from midline
Levator
Raises
Medial
Nearer to the midline
Midline
Divides the body into left and right
Palmer or Volar
Palm side of the hand or body
Plantar
Sole of the foot
Posterior or Dorsal
Rear or back
Pronator
that which turns palm of hand downward
Prone
Body position lying face down with forearms and hands turned palm side down
Proximal
nearer to the limb root
Radial Aspect
Pertaining to the radial (lateral) side of the arm
Superficial
Nearer to the surface
Supinator
that which turns the palm of the hand forward
Supine
Body position lying facing up
Transverse Plane
Right angles to along axis; divides the body into upper and lower parts
Ulnar Aspect
Pertaining to the ulnar (medical) side of the arm
