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Position Anatomy
Terms to know about Directional Anatomy
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What term defines laying face up? | Supine (on your spine or in a pine coffin) |
| What term defines laying face down? | Prone |
| What term pertains to a structure closer to the midline? | Medial |
| What term refers to a structure further away from the midline? | Lateral |
| What term refers to a structure further in the front(of the body)? | Anterior |
| What term refers to a structure further in the back(of the body)? | Posterior |
| What term refers to a structure closer to the head? | Superior |
| What term means closer to the feet? | Inferior |
| When a joint brings a limb laterally away from the body's midline, this is know as ___________ | Abduction |
| When a joint brings a limb medially towards the body's midline, this is know as ___________ | Adduction |
| What term defines a movement that bends a joint or brings the bones closer together? | Flexion |
| What term defines a movement that straightens or opens a joint? (In anatomical position, most joints are in this state) | Extension |
| What term pertains to the axial skeleton, movement of the spine or neck along the transverse plan? | Rotation |
| What term refers to movement superiorly of the scapula or jaw? | Elevation |
| What term refers to movement inferiorly of the scapula or jaw? | Depression |
| What terms describes the elevation of the foot's medial side and brings the sole of the foot medially? | Inversion ("turn in") |
| What terms describes the elevation of the foot's lateral side and brings the sole of the foot laterially? | Eversion ("turn out") |
| What term describes the movement which is performed by moving the ankle back towards the body, such as letting off the gas petal? | Dorsiflexion |
| What term describes the movement which is performed by moving the ankle to point the foot into the earth or stepping on a gas pedal? | Plantarflexion |
| Possible only at the shoulder and hip joint, what term involves a combination of flexion, extension, adduction, and abduction creating a cone-shaped movement? | Circumduction |
| What term describes the division of the body into front and back portions? | Frontal (or Coronal) Plane |
| What term describes the division of the body into left and right halves? | Sagittal Plane |
| What term describes the division of the body in upper and lower parts? | Transverse Plane |
| What term designates a structure closer the the trunk? | Proximal |
| What term means a structure further away from the trunk or the body's midline? | Distal |
| When the limb turns toward the midline? (shoulder/hip) | Medial Rotation (internal rotation) |
| When the limb turns away the midline? (shoulder/hip) | Lateral Rotation (external rotation) |
| What occurs when the radius and ulna lie parallel to one another, turning the palm up? | Supination (carrying a bowl of soup) |
| What occurs when the radius crosses over the ulna, turning the palm down? | Pronation |
| What defines laying on your side? | Side Lying |
| What term (pertains to the scapula, clavicle, head, and jaw) describes when the structure moves anteriorly? | Protaction "Proturde" |
| What term (pertains to the scapula, clavicle, head, and jaw) describes when the structure moves posteriorly? | Retraction |
| What term means to wander from the usual course? | Deviation |
| What only happens at the carpometacarpal joint of the thumb, when the thumbpad crosses the palm toward the last finger? | Opposition |
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