Position/Movement Describers Flashcards
What is this position known as?
Anatomical position
What plane is this?
Sagittal plane
What plane is this?
Coronal plane
What plane is this?
Transverse plane
What direction is nearer to front?
Anterior
What direction is nearer to back?
Posterior
What direction is nearer to feet?
Inferior
What direction is nearer to head?
Superior
What direction is nearer to the central body line?
Medial
What direction is further away from the central body line?
Lateral
What direction is towards the back?
Dorsal
What direction is towards the stomach?
Ventral
What direction is closer to the trunk/origin of limb?
Proximal
What direction is further away from the trunk/origin of limb?
Distal (think distant)
What is direction is nearer to the surface?
Superficial
What direction is further to the surface?
Deep
What direction is between superficial and deep?
Intermediate is between superficial and deep
What direction is nearer to the head?
Cranial
What direction is nearer to the feet?
Caudal
What is on the opposite side of the body?
Contralateral is on the opposite side of the body
What is on the same side of the body?
Ipsilateral is on the same side of the body
What side of the hand is the dorsal surface?
Dorsum is the dorsal surface of the hand
What side of the hand is the palmer surface?
Palm is the palmer surface of the hand
What side of the foot is the planter dorsal suface?
The dorsum is the dorsal surface of the foot
What side of the foot is the planter surface?
The sole is the planter surface of the foot
What does flexion/extension look like?
What does lateral/medial rotation look like?
What does abduction/adduction look like?
What does circumduction look like?
What does elevation/depression look like?
What does protraction/retraction look like?
What does eversion/inversion look like?
