Terminology Flashcards by Niamh Gwilym | Brainscape

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What does superficial mean?

A

Nearer to the surface

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What does intermediate mean?

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Between a superficial and a deep structure

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What does deep mean?

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Further from the surface

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What does medial mean? Give example.

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Nearer to the medial plane little finger

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What does lateral mean? Give example.

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Father from the medial plane, thumb

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What does posterior mean?

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Nearer to back

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What does inferior mean?

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Nearer to feet

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What does superior mean?

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Nearer to head

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What does proximal mean?

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Nearer to trunk or point of origin, aka elbow is proximal to wrist

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What does distal mean?

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Farther from trunk or point of origin, the wrist is distal to the elbow

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What does anterior mean?

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Nearer to front

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What does flexion mean?

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Decreasing angles between body parts

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What does extension mean?

A

Increasing angles between body parts

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What does dorsi/plantar mean?

A

At ankle joint

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What does abduction mean?

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Away from midline

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What does adduction mean?

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Towards midline

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What does rotation mean?

A

Moving around long axis

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What does circumduction mean?

A

Circular movement

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What does pronation mean?

A

Rotation of foream and hand

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What does elevation / depression mean?

A

Move superiorily/inferiorily

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What movements does the wrist make?

A

Flexion/extension

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What does eversion/inversion mean?

A

At ankle joint

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What does retraction/protusion mean?

A

Jaw and shoulder blade

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What does condyle mean?

A

Smooth, rounded elevation

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What does facet mean?

A

Small, smooth area

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What are the qualities of a crest?

A

Sharp ridge

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What are the qualities of a epicondyle?

A

Elevation above a condyle

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What are the qualities of a process?

A

Localised projection

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What are qualities of a trochanter?

A

Large rounded elevation

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What are the qualities of tubercle?

A

Small rounded elevation?

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What are the qualities of tuberosity?

A

Large rounded eminence

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What is a foramen?

A

Hole/opening

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What is a fossa?

A

Wide depression

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What is a notch?

A

Large groove

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What is a sulcus?

A

Groove or furrow