Previous knowledge Flashcards
1
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Anatomical position:
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- Body standing erect and at rest
feet together or slightly separated with toes and pointing forwards - Arms rotated with hands separated from the sides of the body and palms facing forwards. Thumbs pointing away from body
2
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prone ventral side down
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face down
3
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supine dorsal side down
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face up
4
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lateral position
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- left and right
5
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Superior or cranial
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- Towards the head or the upper part of the structure
- The eyes are superior to the mouth
6
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Inferior or caudal
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- Away from the head or to the lower part of a structure
- The stomach is inferior to the heart
7
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Dorsal or posterior
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- Towards the back
- The breastbone is ventral to the shoulder
8
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Ventral or anterior
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- Towards the front (belly)
- The breastbone is ventral to the shoulder
9
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Medial
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- Closer to the midline
- The heart is medial to the lungs
10
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Lateral
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- Away from the midline
- The shoulder is lateral to the breastbone
11
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Proximal
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- Nearer to the junction of the limb with the trunk or the origination of the structure
- The knee is proximal to the ankle
12
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Distal
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- Farther from the junction of the limb with the trunk or the origination of the structure
- The wrist is distal to the elbow
13
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Sagittal plane of body
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divides the body into left and right sections. Median (equal sections)
14
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Frontal or coronal plane of body
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divides the body into front or back sections
15
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Transverse,axial or horizontal plane of body
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divides the body into upper and lower sections
16
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planes of the brain
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- Transverse section of the brain
- Frontal section of the brain
- Midsagittal section of the brain
17
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anatomical axes
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- Sagittal, anteroposterior or dorsoventral
- Vertical or craniocaudal
- Frontal or horizontal
