Week 1 videos (Labelling positions in anatomy) Flashcards
What is the standard anatomical position
The position of standing upright with the arms down and hands facing forward
What does superior mean
Upper
What does inferior mean
Lower
What does anterior mean
Towards the front
What does posterior mean
Towards the back
What does rostral mean
Towards the front (Animals)
What does caudal mean
Towards the back (Animals)
What does medial mean
middle
What does Lateral mean
Side
Is the terminology used to describe positioning in the brain the same as the terminology used to describe positioning in the spinal cord?
No because the brain has a different axis of anatomy
What is the axis of the brain called
The rostral caudal axis
On what side of the rostral caudal axis of the brain is the terminology matching those of animals
The upper side
On the lower side of the rostral caudal axis, what terminology is to be used when describing positions
The same terminology used in the human standard anatominal position
What direction is a coronal plane
Vertical, taken In the plane of the face
diving the brain into anterior and posterior portions
How you would slice a loaf of bread
What direction is a sagittal plane
Perpendicular to the coronal plane
Vertical, diving the brain into left and right
