✅Terms And Planes Flashcards
What is physiology
Physiology is the study of functions of the human body
What are the four types of physiology
Cell
Organ
Systemic
Pathological
What does superior and inferior mean?
Top and bottom (head to toe)
What does cranial and Caudal mean?
From the head to the hand
What does posterior (dorsal) and anterior (ventral) mean?
Back and front
What does proximal and distal mean?
Full length of arm or leg
What does Saggital mean?
A plane that divides the bodies into left and right regions
What is the coronal plane?
The frontal plane
What is the transverse plane?
The horizontal plane
List 3 points about flexion
Saggital plane
Reduce angle between elements
Angular motion
Describe 3 points about extension
Saggital plane
Increases angle between elements
Angular motion
List 3 points about aBDuction
Angular motion
Coronal plane
Moves AWAY from the longitudinal axis
List 3 points about aDDuction
Angular motion
Coronal angle
Moves TOWARD the longitudinal axis
List 4 points about rotation
Movement about the longitudinal axis
Direction of rotation from anatomical position
Left or right
Internal (medial) or External (lateral)
Explain circumduction
Combination of flexion/extension and abduction/adduction
NO ROTATION
