Orientation of the human body

Question 1

Anatomical position

Answer 1

Standing
palm facing forward
`feet width apart

Question 2

Axial Skeleton

Answer 2

Axis around the body

Question 3

Appendicular skeleton

Answer 3

the limbs

Question 4

Coronal or frontal plane

Answer 4

Front
Back

Question 5

Transverse plane

Answer 5

top
Botton

Question 6

Median plane

Answer 6

right and left
through the midline

Question 7

paramedian plane

Answer 7

right and left
not through the median

Question 8

Oblique plane

Answer 8

Diagonal
for a specific part

Question 9

Superior

Answer 9

Cranial

Question 10

Inferior

Answer 10

Caudal

Question 11

medial / lateral

Answer 11

relative to each other based on their proximity to the midline

Question 12

proximal

Answer 12

near the beginning of the limb

Question 13

Distal

Answer 13

Further away from the origin of the limb

Question 14

Flexion

Answer 14

Decreases joint angle

Question 15

Extension

Answer 15

increases joint angles

Question 16

Dorsiflexion

Answer 16

toes to the sky

Question 17

Plantarflexion

Answer 17

point your toes

Question 18

adduction

Answer 18

adding to the body

Question 19

Abduction

Answer 19

away from the body

Question 20

Lateral flexion

Answer 20

Moving away from the midline
head and trunk

Question 21

Wrist deviation
Radial deviation

Answer 21

thumb close to wrist

Question 22

Ulnar deviation

Answer 22

pinky close to wrist

Question 23

Rotation

Answer 23

turning
Head and trunk

Question 24

Medial/ Internal

Answer 24

Inwards

Question 25

lateral/external

Answer 25

Outwards

Question 26

Supination forearm

Answer 26

palm face upwards

Question 27

Pronation forearm

Answer 27

Palm face down

Question 28

Inversion foot

Answer 28

foot goes in

Question 29

Eversion foot

Answer 29

foot goes out