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Locational / Movement Terminology Flashcards

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Inferior

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Below, ie: hip girdle is inferior to the shoulder girdle

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Superior

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Above, ie: skull is superior to spine

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Medial

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towards the centre of the body, chest is MEDIAL to arm

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Lateral

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away from the body, ears are lateral to the nose

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Anterior

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Also referred to as ventral, it is in front of another structure = anterior. Sternum is anterior/ventral to heart

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Posterior

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Also referred to as dorsal, it is behind another structure. Heart is dorsal/posterior to sternum

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Proximal

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refers to the location in a structure - proximal is closer, elbow is proximal to wrist.
note for blood vessels proximal is closer to heart

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Distal

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refers to location in the structure - distal is farther away from the body attachment, phalanges are distal to the elbow

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Superficial

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closest to the body surface, antonym is DEEP

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Horizontal Plane

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perpendicular to vertical plane, also known as Transverse

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Coronal/Frontal

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divides the body into anterior and posterior sesctions

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Sagittal

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divides the body into right and left, if it is directly in the middle it is MIDSAGGITAL

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Ligaments

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connect bones to bones, found around joints

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Tendons

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connect muscle to bone

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Origin

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attachment of muscle to bone, *usually stationary during movement and *usually proximal attachment

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Insertion

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attachment of muscle usually by tendon, INTO bone that’s caused to move during muscle contraction. Moves TOWARD origin

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Articulation

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pulled toward origin, rotation of joint

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Flexion

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bending a particular portion of the body

-FLEXING

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Extension

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straightening

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Abduction

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movement sideways, away from body

-first part of a jumping jack

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Adduction

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movement toward the body

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Circumduction

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circular movement, involved flexion-extension & abduction-adduction
-circles with arms

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Pronation

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  • palm facing down

- poring soup bowl

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Supination

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rotation of palms up

-holding soup

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