Week 1 Lecture 1 Flashcards
Do the anatomical position
standing erect
* feet together
* eyes forward
* palms face anteriorly
* thumbs pointing away
from body
Superior (cranial)
toward head end or upper body of a structure or the body; above
Inferior (caudal)
Away from the head end or toward the lower
Anterior (ventral)
Toward or at the front of the body; in front of
Posterior (dorsal)
Toward or at the back of the body; behind
Medial
Toward or at the midline of the body on the inner side of
Lateral
Away from the midline of the body; on the outer side of
Proximal
Closer to the origin of the body part or the point of attachment of a limb to the body trunk
Distal
Farther from the origin of a body part or the point of attachment of a limb to the body trunk
Superficial (external)
Toward or at the body surface
Deep (internal)
Away from the body surface; more internal
Ipsilateral
On the same side
Contralateral
On opposite sides
Frontal (coronal) plane
crown
Sagittal
Divide in half like midsagittal
Transverse
Divide into superior and inferior points
Central nervous system
- brain and spinal cord
- integrative and control center
Sensory (afferent)
Sensory nerves carry signals to your brain to help you touch, taste, smell and see.
Motor (efferent)
Motor nerves carry signals to your muscles or glands to help you move and function.
Somatic nervous system (under motor)
Voluntary, somatic movements. Conducts impulses from the CNS to skeletal muscles
Autonomic nervous system
Vsceral motor system (involuntary), conducts impulses from the CNS to cariac muscles, smooth muscles and glands
Spinal nerve
Part of the peripheral nervous
system
* Mixed nerve carrying motor and
sensory information between
the spinal cord and body
* 31 pairs of nerves
Foreamen meaning
hole
