Canvas by Ryan Cooper _ Student - PantherCreekHS

1. Dorsal

rtcooper1 — 2025-09-05 17:36:08 UTC

the back or the rear of the animal/organism

2. Ventral

rtcooper1 — 2025-09-05 17:36:34 UTC

the cavity that is in the front of the body

3. Superior

rtcooper1 — 2025-09-05 17:36:49 UTC

the part of the body that is higher or closer to the head

4. Inferior

rtcooper1 — 2025-09-05 17:37:05 UTC

meaning below/towards the feet

5. Prone

rtcooper1 — 2025-09-05 17:37:28 UTC

lying flat or face down

6. Supine

rtcooper1 — 2025-09-05 17:37:45 UTC

a person lying face upward

7. Medial

rtcooper1 — 2025-09-05 17:38:12 UTC

the midline of an organism

8. Lateral

rtcooper1 — 2025-09-05 17:39:05 UTC

away from the midline

9. Anatomical Position

rtcooper1 — 2025-09-05 17:40:13 UTC

standardized position for reference

10. Distal

rtcooper1 — 2025-09-05 17:43:07 UTC

farther away from the position of origin or the place of attachment

11. Proximal

rtcooper1 — 2025-09-05 17:43:32 UTC

closer to the origin or the center of the body

12. transverse plane

rtcooper1 — 2025-09-05 17:43:42 UTC

One of the three main positions of reference runs horizontally through the body

13. midsagittal plane

rtcooper1 — 2025-09-05 17:44:02 UTC

divides the body into right and left

14. frontal plane

rtcooper1 — 2025-09-05 17:44:14 UTC

splits the body front from back

15. flexion

rtcooper1 — 2025-09-05 17:44:26 UTC

The movement that decreases the angle between two body parts

16. extension

rtcooper1 — 2025-09-05 17:44:37 UTC

The movement that increases the angle in the body part

16. pronation

rtcooper1 — 2025-09-05 17:44:47 UTC

The movement where you move the forearm to where the palm is facing down

17. supination

rtcooper1 — 2025-09-05 17:44:59 UTC

The rotation of the forearm to where the palms are facing up

18. elevation

rtcooper1 — 2025-09-05 17:45:11 UTC

a body part or structure moving up

19.depression

rtcooper1 — 2025-09-05 17:45:37 UTC

The movement of the body part down

20. internal rotation

rtcooper1 — 2025-09-05 17:45:48 UTC

where a body part is turned inward towards the midline of the body

21. external rotation

rtcooper1 — 2025-09-05 17:45:58 UTC

where the body part is turned away from the midline of the body

22. circumduction

rtcooper1 — 2025-09-05 17:46:09 UTC

The movement of a body part in a circular motion around a fixed point

23. plantar flexion

rtcooper1 — 2025-09-05 17:46:22 UTC

The movement of the foot where the heel is up and the toes are down

25. dorsiflexion

rtcooper1 — 2025-09-05 17:46:32 UTC

The movement of the foot where the heel is down and the toes are up