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Miscellaneous Bones and Movement

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Term
Definition
Frontal (Coronal) Plane   divides body vertically into the front and back  
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Sagittal Plane   divides body vertically into left and right sides  
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Transverse Plane   divides body horizontally into upper and lower portions  
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Anterior   front or ventral part of body  
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Posterior   back or dorsal part of body  
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Medial   midline of body  
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inferior or caudal   below another structure (towards the tail)  
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superior or cephalic   above another strucutre (towards the head)  
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medial   near the medial plane of the body  
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lateral   side  
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distal   away from point of attachment or beginning of a structure  
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proximal   close to the point of attachment or beginning of a structure  
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superficial   on the surface  
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deep   away from the surface  
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peripheral   at or towards the surface of the body  
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adduction   movement toward the midline of the body  
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abduction   movement away from the midline of the body  
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extension   straightening or stretching of the body  
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flexion   bending the body  
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medial rotation   rotation inward towards the body  
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lateral rotation   rotation outward from the body  
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supination (hand and forearm)   turning the hand so the palm is upwards  
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pronation   turning the hand back so that the palm is downwards  
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erect   standing position  
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supine   lying down flat on back  
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prone   lying face down flat on stomach  
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laterally recumbant   lying down on right or left side  
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semi-prone   lying on left or right side and chest with arm along back and opposite leg drawn up  
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semi-Fowler's position   lying on back with trunk and legs slightly elevated  
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long bones   lower leg, thigh, lower arm, upper arm  
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short bones   ankle, wrist  
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flat   ribs, pelvis, shoulder  
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sesamoid   kneecap  
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cranial bones   frontal, parietal, occipital, temporal, sphenoid, ethmoid  
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facial bones   lacrimal, zygomatic, nasal, vomer, maxillary, mandibular  
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cervical vertebrae   C1-C7, 7 bones, form neck bone, donot connect to ribs  
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thoracic vertebrae   T1-T12, 12 bones, connect to 12 pairs of ribs  
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lumbar vertebrae   L1-L5, 5 bones, strongest and largest spinal bones  
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sacrum   slightly curved, triangular shaped  
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coccyx   tailbone  
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pelvic bones   ilium, ischium, pubis  
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upper arm bone   humerus  
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elbow bone   olecranon  
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medial lower arm bone   ulna  
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lateral lower arm bone (on line with thumb)   radius  
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wrist bones   carpals  
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five bones radiating to the finger (hand bones)   metacarpals  
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finger bones   phalanges  
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upper leg/thigh bone   femur  
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kneecap   patella  
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largest lower leg bone   tibia  
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smaller lower leg bone   fibula  
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ankle bones   tarsals  
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bones radiating to the toes (foot bones)   metatarsals  
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toe bones   phalanges  
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