Lab 2 vocab

Question 1

Superior

Answer 1

Located Above

Question 2

Inferior

Answer 2

Located Below

Question 3

Anterior

Answer 3

Located in front

Question 4

Posterior

Answer 4

Located behind

Question 5

Ventral

Answer 5

Thoracic and abdominopelvic regions in humans and animals (bottom of the foot)

Question 6

Dorsal

Answer 6

Cranial and spinal cavities in humans and animals

Top of foot

Question 7

Caudal

Answer 7

Tail section in animals; end of spinal column in humans

Question 8

Medial

Answer 8

Located towards the midline

Question 9

Lateral

Answer 9

Located away from the midline

Question 10

Proximal

Answer 10

Located closer to the origin of a joint

Question 11

Distal

Answer 11

Located farther away from the origin of a joint

Question 12

Superficial

Answer 12

Surface

Question 13

Deep

Answer 13

Below the surface

Question 14

Abductions

Answer 14

Movement away from the midline

Question 15

Adduction

Answer 15

Movement towards the midline

Question 16

Horizontal adduction

Answer 16

Movement towards the midline in the transverse plans along the horizon

Question 17

Horizontal abduction

Answer 17

Movement away from the midline in the transverse plane along the horizon

Question 18

Flexion

Answer 18

The decreasing angle of a joing

Question 19

Extension

Answer 19

The increasing angle of a joint stopping at the anatomical position

Question 20

Hyperextension

Answer 20

Extension beyond the anatomical position

Question 21

Medical rotation (internal)

Answer 21

Rotation towards the midline

Question 22

Lateral rotation (external)

Answer 22

Rotation away from the midline

Question 23

Circumduction

Answer 23

Rotation of 360*

Question 24

Pelvic tilt forward

Answer 24

Movement of the pelvis where the iliac crest moves ANTERIOR in the Sagittal plane

Question 25

Pelvic tilt backwards

Answer 25

Movement of the pelvis where the iliac crest moves POSTERIOR in the sagittal plane

Question 26

Pelvic tilt lateral

Answer 26

Movement of the pelvis where the iliac crest moves SUPERIOR and INFERIOR in the frontal plane

Question 27

Plantar Flexion

Answer 27

Movement of the front where the balls of the feet are on the ground and the heel is raised

Question 28

Dorsi Flexion

Answer 28

Movement of the front where the heels are on the ground and the ball if the feet are raised

Question 29

Wrist pronation

Answer 29

Rotation of the wrist so the palm faces backwards

Question 30

Wrist supination

Answer 30

Rotation of the wrist so the palm faces forward

Question 31

Foot supination

Answer 31

Inversion of the foot with the medial rotation

Question 32

Foot pronation

Answer 32

Ever soon of the foot with the lateral rotation

Question 33

Protraction

Answer 33

Rotation of the shoulder girdle around the chest in the forward direction

Question 34

Retraction

Answer 34

Rotation of the shoulder girdle around the rib cage in a backward direction

Question 35

Elevation

Answer 35

Raising the shoulders in the frontal plane

Question 36

Depression

Answer 36

Lowering the shoulders in the frontal plane

Question 37

Finger opposition

Answer 37

Moving any finger toward the thumb

Question 38

Ulnar Flexion

Answer 38

Flexion of the wrist toward the midline in the frontal plane

Question 39

Radial Flexion

Answer 39

Flexion of the wrist away from the midline in the frontal plane

Question 40

Thumb Flexion

Answer 40

Movement of the thumb towards the midline in the frontal plane

Question 41

Thumb extension

Answer 41

Movement of the thumb away from the midline of the frontal plane

Question 42

Thumb Abduction

Answer 42

Movement of the thumb away from the palm in the sagittal plane

Question 43

Thumb adduction

Answer 43

Movement of the thumb towards the palm in the sagittal plane