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Anatomy quiz !!
vocab words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| anatomical position | Body is erect or standing with the arms at the sides and palms turned forward.Head and feet are pointing forward |
| Abdominal | anterior body trunk inferior to ribs |
| Acromial | shoulder |
| antebrahial | forearm |
| antecubital | depressed area just in front of elbow |
| Anterior | toward or at the fromt of the body(ventral) |
| Axillary | armpits |
| Bilateral symmetry | right and left sides of the body are mirror images |
| calcaneal | heel of foot |
| carpal | wrist |
| caudal | toward the tail |
| cephalic | head region |
| cervical | neck region |
| contralateral | refers to injury on the opposite side of body |
| coxal | hip |
| cranial | skull |
| cural | leg |
| cubital | elbow |
| cutaneous | skin(or body surface) |
| deep | away from the body surface(internal) |
| frontal plane | divides body into front and back portions |
| femoral | thigh |
| Gluteal | buttock |
| inferior | toward the lower part of the body |
| inguinal | groin |
| left | to the left side of the body(not your left the subjects) |
| lateral | away from the midline of the body |
| lumbar | lower back between ribs and pelvis |
| mammary | breast |
| manual | hand |
| mental | chin |
| medial | toward the midline (center) of the body |
| Medial plane | divides the body into right and left halves(midsaggital) |
| occipital | back of lower skull |
| palmar | palm of the hand |
| pateller | front of knee |
| pelvic | area overlying the pelvis |
| posterior | toward the back side of the body (dorsal) |
| proximal | the point of attachment of a limb to the body trunk |
| superior | toward the head or upper part of the body |
| superficial | body surface(external) |
| thoracic | chest region |
| transverse plane | divides the body into top and bottom portions |
| ventral | toward or at the front of the body(anterior) |
| visceral | toward an internal organ(describes position inside a body cavity) |
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