Vocabulary Review

Question 0

Anterior

Answer 0

Situated in front of or in the forward part of

Question 1

Anatomical position

Answer 1

Erect standing position, feet parallel, arms at sides, turned forward

Question 2

Posterior

Answer 2

Situated behind or toward the rear

Question 3

Superior

Answer 3

Over, having a higher situation

Question 4

Inferior

Answer 4

Below

Question 5

Dorsal

Answer 5

Pertaining to the back

Question 6

Ventral

Answer 6

On or toward the belly

Question 7

Medial

Answer 7

Pertaining or toward the midline

Question 8

Median

Answer 8

Situated in the midline

Question 9

Lateral

Answer 9

Pertaining to or toward the side

Question 10

Ipsilateral

Answer 10

Same side

Question 11

Contralateral

Answer 11

Opposite side

Question 12

Cranial

Answer 12

Pertaining to or toward the head

Question 13

Caudal

Answer 13

Pertaining to it toward the tail

Question 14

Rostral

Answer 14

Towards the nose (used when referring to structures of the brain)

Question 15

Distal

Answer 15

Relative position, farther from the point of reference

Question 16

Proximal

Answer 16

Relative position, nearer to point of reference

Question 17

Palmar

Answer 17

Pertaining to the palm of the hand

Question 18

Volar

Answer 18

Pertaining to the palm or sole or flexor surface of forearm wrist or hand

Question 19

Arm

Answer 19

Shoulder to elbow

Question 20

Forearm

Answer 20

Elbow to wrist

Question 21

Thigh

Answer 21

Hip to knee

Question 22

Leg

Answer 22

Knee to ankle

Question 23

Coxa

Answer 23

The hip

Question 24

Genu

Answer 24

The knee

Question 25

Concavity

Answer 25

Hollow side or inside of a curved surface

Question 26

Convexity

Answer 26

More fixed or central attachment

Question 27

Insertion

Answer 27

Place of attachment of a muscle to the bone which it moves

Question 28

Superficial

Answer 28

Closer to the surface

Question 29

Deep

Answer 29

Towards the center of the body

Question 30

Transverse (horizontal) plane

Answer 30

Divides body into top and bottom

Question 31

Coronal (frontal) plane

Answer 31

Divided body into front and back

Question 32

Sagittal plane

Answer 32

Divides body into right and left parts

Question 33

Abduction

Answer 33

Movement away from the midline of the body

Question 34

Adduction

Answer 34

Movement toward the median line of the body

Question 35

Flexion

Answer 35

Bending joint, decreasing angle between bones

Question 36

Extension

Answer 36

Straightening of a joint

Question 37

Hyperextension

Answer 37

Motion of a joint in the direction of extension beyond a straight line

Question 38

Pronation

Answer 38

Turning downward, palmar surface down

Question 39

Supination

Answer 39

Turning upwards

Question 40

Prone

Answer 40

Lying face down

Question 41

Supine

Answer 41

Lying face up

Question 42

Rotation

Answer 42

Turning of a part on an axis

Question 43

Tuberosity or Torchanter

Answer 43

Large, roughened eminence

Question 44

Tubercle

Answer 44

Nodule, small eminence

Question 45

Spine

Answer 45

Slender, pointed long process

Question 46

Condyle

Answer 46

Rounded eminence or knuckle on a bone for articulation with another bone

Question 47

Epicondyle

Answer 47

Eminence above a condyle

Question 48

Head

Answer 48

Enlarged rounded articulate end

Question 49

Facet

Answer 49

Small plane surface, especially a flat articular surface

Question 50

Line

Answer 50

Small ridge

Question 51

Process

Answer 51

Slender projecting point

Question 52

Fovea (depression)

Answer 52

Shallow out usually large and rounded

Question 53

Fossa (depression)

Answer 53

Deep pit large and rounded

Question 54

Sulcus (depression)

Answer 54

Groove, furrow or trench

Question 55

Incisure (depression)

Answer 55

Notch

Question 56

Foramen (perforation)

Answer 56

Hole- large or small

Question 57

Fenestra (perforations)

Answer 57

Really large foramen

Question 58

Canal (perforations)

Answer 58

Small tubular passage

Question 59

Fissure (perforations)

Answer 59

Narrow cleft-like groove