Terminology

Question 1

What are all anatomical positions expressed in relation too?

Answer 1

Anatomical position

Question 2

What plane divides the body into right and left equal halves?

Answer 2

Median sagittal plane

Question 3

What is the plane that divides the body into front and back portions?

Answer 3

Coronal plane

Question 4

What is the plane that divides the body into superior and inferior portions?

Answer 4

Transverse plane

Question 5

What term refers to only one side of the body?

Answer 5

Unilateral

Question 6

What term refers to both sides of the body?

Answer 6

Bilateral

Question 7

What term refers to different sides of the body?

Answer 7

Contralateral

Question 8

What term refers to same side of the body?

Answer 8

Ipsilateral

Question 9

What does proximal mean?

Answer 9

Closer to the trunk or point of origin

Question 10

What does distal mean?

Answer 10

Further away from the trunk or point of origin

Question 11

What term means closer to the median plane?

Answer 11

Medial

Question 12

What term means further away from the median plane?

Answer 12

Lateral

Question 13

What terms describe movement forward/backward, respectively, at the shoulder joint and hip joint?

Answer 13

Flexion (forward), extension (backward)

Question 14

What terms describes movement awayfrom anatomical position/back to normal position from the elbow joint and knee joint?

Answer 14

Flexion (away), extension (back)

Question 15

What terms describes movement of the upper body, bending at the hip joint?

Answer 15

Flexion (forward), extension (backward)

Question 16

What terms describe rotation of arm at the radio-ulnar joint?

Answer 16

Pronation (rotated), supination (back to anatomical position)

Question 17

What terms describe movement forward/backward at the wrist joint?

Answer 17

Flexion (forward), extension (backward)

Question 18

What terms describe movement of the foot upward/downward?

Answer 18

Dorsiflexion (upward), plantarflexion (downward)

Question 19

What terms describe movement of the foot toward the median plane/away from the median plane?

Answer 19

Inversion (toward), eversion (away)

Question 20

What terms describe movement of the upper or lower limbs away from the median plane/toward the median plane?

Answer 20

Abduction (away), adduction (toward)

Question 21

What terms describe rotation of the upper or lower limbs away from the median plane/toward the median plane?

Answer 21

Lateral rotation (away), medial rotation (toward)

Question 22

What term describes movement in a circular motion at the hip joint or shoulder joint?

Answer 22

Circumduction

Question 23

What terms describe movement of the shoulders up/down?

Answer 23

Elevation (up), depression (down)

Question 24

What terms describe movement of the shoulders forward/backward?

Answer 24

Protraction (forward), retraction (backward)

Question 25

What terms describe movement where the thumb and little finger join/return back to anatomical position?

Answer 25

Opposition (joining), reposition (returning)

Question 26

What terms describe movement of the mandible (jaw) forward/backward?

Answer 26

Protrusion (forward), retrusion (backward)