UNIT 1 - INTRO

Question 1

Anterior

Answer 1

Front of the body

Question 2

Posterior

Answer 2

Back of the body

Question 3

Midline

Answer 3

Vertical line dividing the body into equal right and left halfs

Question 4

Superior

Answer 4

Above/towards head or upper body (head and trunk only)

Question 5

Inferior

Answer 5

Below/toward the lower end of the body (head and trunk only)

Question 6

Lateral

Answer 6

Side of body/organ farthest away from midline

Question 7

Medial

Answer 7

Side of body/organ closest to midline

Question 8

Proximal

Answer 8

Close to point of origin/reference point

Question 9

Distal

Answer 9

Farthest away from the point of origin/reference point

Question 10

Superficial

Answer 10

Near the surface

Question 11

Deep

Answer 11

Inside body cavity/organ away from the surface

Question 12

Ipsilateral

Answer 12

Same side of the body

Question 13

Contralateral

Answer 13

Opposite side of the body

Question 14

Prone

Answer 14

Lying facedown

Question 15

Supine

Answer 15

Lying face up

Question 16

Caudal

Answer 16

Tail

Question 17

Cranial

Answer 17

Skull

Question 18

Flexion

Answer 18

Bending

Question 19

Extension

Answer 19

Opposite of flexion/straightening

Question 20

Hyperextension

Answer 20

Extending beyond normal range of motion

Question 21

Abduction

Answer 21

Away from midline

Question 22

Adduction

Answer 22

Towards midline

Question 23

Medial rotation

Answer 23

Rotating towards midline

Question 24

Lateral rotation

Answer 24

Rotating away from midline

Question 25

Pronation

Answer 25

Medial rotation of the forearm/ turning hand to facedown

Question 26

Supination

Answer 26

Lateral rotation of the forearm/turning hand face up

Question 27

Circumduction

Answer 27

Combo of flexion/extension and adduction/abduction

Question 28

Opposition

Answer 28

Touch thumb to pinky finger. Combo of abduction/adduction and medial rotation/flexion

Question 29

Elevation

Answer 29

Raising a body part

Question 30

Depression

Answer 30

Lowering a body part

Question 31

Planter flexion

Answer 31

Flexion of ankle, point toes downwards

Question 32

Dorsi flexion

Answer 32

Extension of the ankle, point toes uppward

Question 33

Inversion

Answer 33

Turning sole away from midline

Question 34

Eversion

Answer 34

Turning sole towards the midline

Question 35

Protraction

Answer 35

Moving scapula or mandible forwards

Question 36

Retraction

Answer 36

Moving scapula or mandible forwards

Question 37

Radial/ulnar deviation

Answer 37

Moving hand side to side

Question 38

Median/midsagittal plane

Answer 38

Vertical line dividing into equal left/right

Question 39

Sagittal plane

Answer 39

Vertical line dividing body into unequal left/right sections

Question 40

Frontal/coronal plane

Answer 40

Divides body into anterior/posterior sections

Question 41

Horizontal plane

Answer 41

Divides body into superior/inferior sections

Question 42

Sagital axe

Answer 42

Line from anterior to posterior

Question 43

Frontal axe

Answer 43

Line lateral to medial

Question 44

Vertical axe

Answer 44

Vertical line

Question 45

Sagittal section

Answer 45

View from left/right side

Question 46

Transverse/horizontal

Answer 46

View from above

Question 46

Frontal section

Answer 46

View from the front

Question 47

Axila

Answer 47

Armpit

Question 48

Crural

Answer 48

Shin

Question 49

Sural

Answer 49

Calf

Question 50

Cubital fossa

Answer 50

“elbow armpit”

Question 51

Antibrachium

Answer 51

Forearm