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Flashcards by Savannah Matthews, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Savannah Matthews
about 8 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| What is the Anatomical Position | Standing upright Feet parallel Arms hanging by the sides Palms and Face directed forward |
| What is the Median Plane? | |
| What is the Horizontal Plane? | |
| What is the Coronal/Frontal Plane? | |
| What is a Transverse Section? | Divides the body into superior and inferior parts |
| Oblique | Any plane on an angle |
| Flexion | Decrease in the angle of a joint. |
| Extension | Increase in angle of joint |
| Abduction | Body part moving away from the median plane |
| Adduction | Body part moving towards the median plane |
| Horizontal Abduction | Arm or leg beginning 90 degrees from the trunk, taking the arm or leg away from the midline. |
| Horizontal Adduction | Arm or leg beginning 90 degrees from the trunk, taking the arm or leg toward the midline. |
| Lateral Rotation | Movement of an extremity in a transverse plane which takes a body part outward. |
| Medial Rotation | Movement of an extremity in a transverse plane which takes a part of the body inward. |
| Circumduction | Combo of flexion-extension and abduction-adduction in succession |
| Supination | Forearm, the palm faces forward |
| Pronation | Forearm, the palm faces backward |
| Inversion | foot, soles facing inward |
| Eversion | foot, soles facing outward |
| Plantar flexion | foot, toes pointing down |
| Dorsiflexion | foot, toes point upward |
| Lateral flexion | head, neck or trunk. Have movement in the frontal plane away from the median plane |
| Rotation | head, neck or trunk. Movement in a transverse plane where the body part turns either to the left or right. |
| Protraction | drawing a structure forward |
| Retraction | drawing a structure backward |
| Anterior | Closer to the front |
| Posterior | Closer to the back |
| Superior | Closer to the top |
| Inferior | Closer to the back |
| Proximal | Closer to the trunk or major trunk |
| Distal | Further from the trunk or major body part |
| Superficial | Near the outside of the body |
| Deep | Inside the body |
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