Lecture 4: Anatomical Terminology

Question 1

What is the anatomical position?

Answer 1

• Upright
• Face forwards
• Feet together
• Palms face forwards

Question 2

What are top/upper and down/bottom in anatomical terminology?

Answer 2

Superior and inferior.

Question 3

What is the term for ‘closer to the middle’?

Answer 3

Median

Question 4

What is the term for ‘further out from the middle’?

Answer 4

Lateral

Question 5

What is anterior?

Answer 5

Nearer the front.

Question 6

What is posterior?

Answer 6

Nearer the back.

Question 7

What does proximal mean?

Answer 7

Nearer to the point of attachment (on a limb).

Question 8

What is the term for ‘situated away from the point of attachment’ in a limb?

Answer 8

Distal.

Question 9

What is term for ‘closer to the surface’?

Answer 9

Superficial

Question 10

What does deep mean in anatomical terms?

Answer 10

Further from the surface.

Question 11

What is the sagittal plane?

Answer 11

The plane that separates the left side of the body from the right.

Question 12

What is the coronal plane?

Answer 12

The plane that separates the front side of the body from the back.

Question 13

What is the plane that separates the front side of the body from the back.

Answer 13

The coronal plane.

Question 14

What is the plane that separates the left side of the body from the right?

Answer 14

The sagittal plane.

Question 15

What is the tranverse plane?

Answer 15

The plane that separates the top half of the body from the bottom.

Question 16

What is the plane that separates the top half of the body from the bottom?

Answer 16

The transverse plane.

Question 17

What is flexion?

Answer 17

Angular movement which decreases the angle of a limb from its anatomical position.

Fleshy parts of limb brought closer together.

Question 18

What is angular movement which decreases the angle of a limb from its anatomical position called?

Answer 18

Flexion

Question 19

What is it called when the fleshy parts of limb are brought closer together?

Answer 19

Flexion

Question 20

What is extension?

Answer 20

Angular movement which increases the angle of a limb from its anatomical position.

Fleshy parts of limb brought further away.

Question 21

What is angular movement which increases the angle of a limb from its anatomical position called?

Answer 21

Extension

Question 22

What is it called when the fleshy parts of limb are moved further away from each other in an angular movement?

Answer 22

Extension

Question 23

What is dorsiflexion?

Answer 23

Toes brought up towards face.

Question 24

What is it called when toes are brought up towards face.

Answer 24

Dorsiflexion

Question 25

What is plantarflexion?

Answer 25

Toes pointing towards the ground.

Question 26

What is it called when the toes are pointing towards the ground?

Answer 26

Plantarflexion

Question 27

What is abduction in anatomical terms?

Answer 27

Movement at joint moves limb away from midline.

Question 28

What is adduction in anatomical terms?

Answer 28

Movement at joint moves limb towards midline.

Question 29

What is circumduction?

Answer 29

• Flexion/abduction/extension/
  adduction
• NO rotation

Question 30

What is circumduction in anatomical terms?

Answer 30

Rotation around the long axis of a joint.

Question 31

What are the two types of rotation?

Answer 31

Lateral/external

Medial/internal

Question 32

What is pronation?

Answer 32

Palm faces posterior.

Question 33

What is supination?

Answer 33

Palm faces anterior and forearm bones parallel.

Question 34

What is inversion?

Answer 34

Sole of foot faces the midline.

Question 35

What is eversion?

Answer 35

Sole of foot turns away from the midline.

Question 36

What is another name for the coronal plane?

Answer 36

The frontal plane.