Terminology Flashcards
What does superficial mean?
Nearer to the surface
What does intermediate mean?
Between a superficial and a deep structure
What does deep mean?
Further from the surface
What does medial mean? Give example.
Nearer to the medial plane little finger
What does lateral mean? Give example.
Father from the medial plane, thumb
What does posterior mean?
Nearer to back
What does inferior mean?
Nearer to feet
What does superior mean?
Nearer to head
What does proximal mean?
Nearer to trunk or point of origin, aka elbow is proximal to wrist
What does distal mean?
Farther from trunk or point of origin, the wrist is distal to the elbow
What does anterior mean?
Nearer to front
What does flexion mean?
Decreasing angles between body parts
What does extension mean?
Increasing angles between body parts
What does dorsi/plantar mean?
At ankle joint
What does abduction mean?
Away from midline
What does adduction mean?
Towards midline
What does rotation mean?
Moving around long axis
What does circumduction mean?
Circular movement
What does pronation mean?
Rotation of foream and hand
What does elevation / depression mean?
Move superiorily/inferiorily
What movements does the wrist make?
Flexion/extension
What does eversion/inversion mean?
At ankle joint
What does retraction/protusion mean?
Jaw and shoulder blade
What does condyle mean?
Smooth, rounded elevation
What does facet mean?
Small, smooth area
What are the qualities of a crest?
Sharp ridge
What are the qualities of a epicondyle?
Elevation above a condyle
What are the qualities of a process?
Localised projection
What are qualities of a trochanter?
Large rounded elevation
What are the qualities of tubercle?
Small rounded elevation?
What are the qualities of tuberosity?
Large rounded eminence
What is a foramen?
Hole/opening
What is a fossa?
Wide depression
What is a notch?
Large groove
What is a sulcus?
Groove or furrow
