Anatomical Terms Padlet by Luke Porto

1. Dorsal

lporto1 — 2025-02-07 14:20:29 UTC

On a human body, dorsal refers to the back, or posterior, portion of the body.

2. Ventral

lporto1 — 2025-02-07 14:21:20 UTC

On a human body, ventral refers to the front part of the body.

3. Superior

lporto1 — 2025-02-07 14:26:01 UTC

Superior - toward the head end of the body; upper

4. Inferior

lporto1 — 2025-02-07 14:29:34 UTC

Inferior means towards the bottom or away from the head-end of the body.

5. Prone

lporto1 — 2025-02-07 14:31:42 UTC

In anatomy, the prone position is a position of the human body lying face down.

6. Supine

lporto1 — 2025-02-07 14:33:57 UTC

The supine position is a term used to describe a person lying on their back with their face and torso pointing up. In this position, your head, neck, and spine are kept in a straight, neutral position.

7. Medial

lporto1 — 2025-02-07 14:37:41 UTC

situated near the median plane of the body or the midline of an organ.

8. Lateral

lporto1 — 2025-02-07 14:41:11 UTC

Lateral means to the side of, or away from, the middle of the body.

9. Anatomical Position

lporto1 — 2025-02-07 14:44:39 UTC

Anatomical position, or standard anatomical position, refers to the positioning of the body when it is standing upright and facing forward with each arm hanging on either side of the body, and the palms facing forward. The legs are parallel, with feet flat on the floor and facing forward.

10. Distal

lporto1 — 2025-02-07 14:45:25 UTC

In medicine, refers to a part of the body that is farther away from the center of the body than another part.

11. Proximal

lporto1 — 2025-02-07 14:47:51 UTC

Proximal means nearer to the center (trunk of the body) or to the point of attachment to the body.

12. transverse plane

lporto1 — 2025-02-07 14:50:19 UTC

The transverse plane (also known as the horizontal plane, axial plane and transaxial plane) is an anatomical plane that divides the body into superior and inferior sections.

13. midsagittal plane

lporto1 — 2025-02-07 14:51:33 UTC

The median or midsagittal plane, is one of the imaginary planes that intersect the body, dividing it into parts or 'slices'.

14. frontal plane

lporto1 — 2025-02-07 14:52:52 UTC

The coronal plane is an anatomical plane that divides the body into dorsal and ventral sections. It is perpendicular to the sagittal and transverse planes.

15. flexion

lporto1 — 2025-02-07 14:53:28 UTC

the action of bending or the condition of being bent, especially the bending of a limb or joint.

16. extension

lporto1 — 2025-02-07 14:56:57 UTC

Extension refers to a movement that increases the angle between two body parts.

17. pronation

lporto1 — 2025-02-07 15:00:44 UTC

rotation of an anatomical part towards the midline

18. supination

lporto1 — 2025-02-07 15:01:34 UTC

Supination is a rotational movement of the forearm at the radioulnar joint, or of the foot at the subtalar and talocalcaneonavicular joints.

19. elevation

lporto1 — 2025-02-07 15:02:36 UTC

Elevation refers to raising or lifting up a body part.

20. depression

lporto1 — 2025-02-07 15:03:51 UTC

Depression (kinesiology), an anatomical term of motion, refers to downward movement

21. internal rotation

lporto1 — 2025-02-07 15:05:08 UTC

Internal rotation refers to a shoulder or hip motion that causes the associated limb to rotate internally or toward the body.

22. external rotation

lporto1 — 2025-02-07 15:07:18 UTC

Hip external rotation is when the leg rotates outward, away from the rest of your body.

23. circumduction

lporto1 — 2025-02-07 15:08:34 UTC

Circumduction is the movement of a body region in a circular manner, in which one end of the body region being moved stays relatively stationary while the other end describes a circle.

24. plantar flexion

lporto1 — 2025-02-07 15:09:28 UTC

The term plantar flexion refers to the movement of the foot in a downward motion away from the body.

25. dorsiflexion

lporto1 — 2025-02-07 15:10:39 UTC

dorsiflexion is the movement that occurs when your foot and shin approximate closer together