Lec 1 Flash Cards
Supine position
Lying on the back
Prone position
Lying face downward
Ipsilateral
Same side of the body
Contralateral
Opposite side of the body
Anterior and posterior
Used to indicate the front and the back of the body respectively
Hand
Palmer and dorsal surface
Foot
Plantar and dorsal surface
Proximal and distal
Describe the relative distance from the roots of the limbs
Superior and inferior
Reference to the upper and lower ends of the body
Superficial and deep
Denote the relative distance of structures from the surface of the body
Internal and external
Used to describe the relative distance of the structure from the center of an organ or cavity
Protraction
Move forward
Retraction
Move backward
Supination
Palm and forearm face up
Inversion
The foot sole faces in a medial direction
Eversion
The foot sole faces in a lateral direction
Circumduction
Combination in sequence of the movements . . Flexion Extension Abduction Adduction
Rotation
Part of the body around its long axis
Medial rotation
Anterior surface of the part facing medially
Lateral rotation
Anterior surface of the body facing laterally
Abduction
Movement of a limb away from the midline in the coronal plane
Adduction
Movement of a limb toward the body in the coronal plane
Extension
Straightening the joint
Lateral Flexion
Is a movement of the trunk in the coronal plane
Flexion
Brings two parts of the body closer together in a sagitta plane
