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Terminology Flashcards

1
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Closer to head

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Superior

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Closer to feet

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Inferior

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Closer to the centre of the body/midline

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Medial

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Closer to front

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Anterior

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5
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Closer to back

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Posterior

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6
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Refers to body parts, directions and movements

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Anatomical terminology

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7
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Underpins normal function of the systems of the human body

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Homeostasis

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8
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List 4 regulatory mechanisms that homeostasis relies on to ensure that controlled variables do not move too far from the set point which is “normal”

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Temp
Ion concentrations
Blood sugar levels
Fluid balance

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When the controlled variable moves too far from the set point and responses from the body attempt to move the variable back to “normal”

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Feedback

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10
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Usually when there is anticipation of an event that will alter a controlled variable, you may do something to minimise this effect

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Feed forward

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Why is it important for the anatomical position to be standardised?

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Anyone your describing it to could be thinking of it from you standing in any direction

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12
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List the anatomical position

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Upright
Face forwards
Feet together
Palms face forwards

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13
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Further from the surface

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Deep

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14
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Closer to the surface

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Superficial

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15
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Can you feel superficial structures from the outside? and what is an example of this?

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Yes, and collarbone

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16
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Can you feel deep structures from the outside? and what is an example of this?

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No, and femur

17
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A plane running vertically through the body into left and right parts

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Saggital plane

18
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A plane running vertically through the body into anterior (front) and posterior (back) parts

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Coronal plane

19
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A plane running horizontally through the body into superior (upper) and posterior (lower) parts

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Transverse plane

20
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Closer to median plane

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Medial

21
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Further from median plane

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Lateral

22
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Nearer to where limb attatches to trunk

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Proximal

23
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Further away from where limb attatches to trunk

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Distal

24
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These 2 movements happen in the saggital plane

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Flexion and Extension

25
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These 2 movements happen in the coronal plane

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Abduction and Adduction

26
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This movement happens in the transverse plane

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Rotation

27
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Not a single movement, but a sequence of flexion, extension, abduction and adduction

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Circumduction

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