week 2 teaching: anatomical terminology Flashcards
anatomical position
standing up straight, feet slightly apart, toes pointing forward, arms by the side of the body with palms of hand facing forward, head an eyes forward
sagittal plane (anteroposterior plane)
vertical plane passing through the body longitudinally
splits into left and right
midsagittal/ median plane
sagittal plane placed along the midline
transerve plane
horizontal plane dividing body into superior and inferior
coronal plane
vertical plane running side to side
divides body into anterior and posterior
superior (cranial, rostral)
towards the head (cranium)
inferior (caudral)
away from the head
towards tail/feet
external (superficial)
towards the sufrace
internal (deep)
away from the surface
medial
towards midline of the body
lateral
away from midline of the body
anterior (ventral)
towards the front
venter:belly
posterior (dorsal)
towards the back
dorsum: back
proximal
towards the trunk of the body
only used for extrmeties
distal
away from trunk of body
only used for extremeties
axial skeleton
80 bones within the central core of the body
head, neck, back, chest
appendicular skeleton
upper and lower extremeties
three main parts of the axial skeleton
skull
thoracic cage
vertebral column
two main parts of the appendicular skeleton
upper limb
lower limb
upper limb
arm
forearm
hand
lower limb
thigh
leg
foot region
flexion
bending (closing joint)
extension
stretching (opening joint)
abduction
moving away from midline