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Anatomy Terms
Anatomical Terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| stationary, immovable, or less movable attachment | origin |
| movable attachment | insertion |
| white, flattened, sheetlike tendons attached to muscle | Aponeuroses |
| toward or on the surface of the body | superficial |
| away from the surface of the body | deep |
| nearer to or at the back of the body | dorsal |
| nearer to or at the front of the body | ventral |
| pertaining to the outer wall of a body cavity | parietal |
| pertaining to the covering of an organ | visceral |
| farther form the midline of the body | lateral |
| nearer the midline of the body | medial |
| away from the head or toward the lower part of a structure | caudal |
| toward the head or the upper part of a structure | cranial |
| nearer the attachement of an extremity to the trunk | proximal |
| farther from the attachment of an extremity to the trunk | distal |
| decrease in the angle between the anterior surfaces of the articulating bones | flex or flexion |
| increase in the angle between the anterior surfaces of the articulating bones | extend or extension |
| movement of a bone toward the midline | adduct |
| movement of a bone away from the midline | abduct |
| movement in which a part of the body moves inferiorly | depress |
| movement in which a part of the body moves superiorly | elevate |
| movement of a bone around its own longitudinal axis | rotate |
| movement of the forearm in which the palm of the hand is turned anteriorly or superiorly | supinate |
| brachium | arm |
| antebrachium | forearm |
| acromial | shoulder |
| cubitus | elbow |
| carpus | wrist |
| manus | hand |
| between the knee and ankle | shank |
| lateral part of something, outer side of the human thigh, or between the ribs and hip on the side of the body | flank |
| a midventral fascial line formed by the fusion of the aponeuroses of the ventrolateral abdominal muscles | linea alba |
| gluteal region | buttocks |
| femoral region | thigh |
| genu | knee |
| crus | leg |
| tarus | ankle |
| pes | foot |
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