Anatomical Terms by Taylor Wallace _ Student - MooreSquareMS

Dorsal

tmwallace — 2024-09-16 15:10:27 UTC

The back - refers to the back or posterior of a body

Ventral

tmwallace — 2024-09-16 15:12:35 UTC

The front - refers to the from side or anterior part of the body

Superior

tmwallace — 2024-09-16 15:15:01 UTC

The Superior part of the body refers to the upper half of the boy towards the head

Inferior

tmwallace — 2024-09-16 15:17:16 UTC

The inferior part of the body refers to the lower half of the body towards the feet

Prone

tmwallace — 2024-09-16 15:19:42 UTC

Prone refers to when the body positon is laying flat on its stomach, face down

Supine

tmwallace — 2024-09-16 15:21:14 UTC

Supine refers to when the body position is laying flat on its back, face up

Medial

tmwallace — 2024-09-16 15:23:44 UTC

Medial is the midline of your body ranging from the middle of your head to in between your feet and through the belly button

Lateral

tmwallace — 2024-09-16 15:25:22 UTC

Lateral is away from the midline of your body, everything away from the midline of the body is lateral.

Anatomical Position

tmwallace — 2024-09-16 15:30:59 UTC

The anatomical position is when the body's orientation is standing upright, facing forward, with arms straight and hands held by the hips with palms facing forward.

Distal

tmwallace — 2024-09-16 15:35:12 UTC

Distal refers to sites located away from the midline of the body. For example, the hand is distal to the shoulder because the hand is farther from the midline

Proximal

tmwallace — 2024-09-16 21:39:58 UTC

Proximal refers to sites located toward the midline of the body. For example the shoulder is proximal to the hand because it is closer to the midline of the body

Transverse Plane

tmwallace — 2024-09-17 14:29:10 UTC

A horizontal plan that divides the body or any of its parts into upper and lower parts.

Midsagittal Plane

tmwallace — 2024-09-17 14:33:42 UTC

A vertical line down the middle of the body that separates the left side of the body from the right

Frontal Plane

tmwallace — 2024-09-17 14:37:52 UTC

A vertical plane running from side to side that divides the body or any of its parts into anterior (front) and posterior (back)

Flexion

tmwallace — 2024-09-17 14:40:45 UTC

Flexion refers to a movement that decreses the angle between two body parts.

Extension

tmwallace — 2024-09-17 14:44:32 UTC

Extension is the opposite of flexion. It is the straightening movement that increases the angle between body parts.

Pronation

tmwallace — 2024-09-17 14:52:15 UTC

Rotation of the forearm and hand so that the palm faces backwards or downards. Also could be in a foot where your foot rolls inwards upon landing

Supination

tmwallace — 2024-09-17 14:56:39 UTC

Supination is the rotation of the forearm and hand so that the palm faces foward or upwards. In a foot it is when the foot rolls outwards upon landing

Elevation

tmwallace — 2024-09-17 14:59:30 UTC

Elevation is movement in a superior (upward) direction.

Depression

tmwallace — 2024-09-17 15:00:19 UTC

Depression is movement in a inferior (downwards) direction.

Internal Rotation

tmwallace — 2024-09-17 15:04:14 UTC

Internal Rotation is rotation towards the midline of the body.

External Rotation

tmwallace — 2024-09-17 15:05:49 UTC

External Rotation is rotation laterally away from the midline of the body.

Circumduction

tmwallace — 2024-09-17 15:09:32 UTC

Circumduction is the movement of a body region in a circular manner.

Plantar Flexion

tmwallace — 2024-09-17 15:13:48 UTC

Plantar Flexion is the extension of the ankle so the foot points down away from the leg.

Dorsiflexion

tmwallace — 2024-09-17 15:15:37 UTC

Dorsiflexion is the flexion of the ankle so that the foot points upwards