Anatomical Terms Padlet by Jordan Moczulski _ Student - ApexFriendshipMS

1. Anatomical Position

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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.

2. Dorsal

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upper side or back

3. Ventral

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underside

4. Superior

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towards the head, or above

5. Inferior

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Towards the feet, or below

6. Prone

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laying flat, especially face downward

7. Supine

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laying face upward

8. Anterior

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front, or in front of

9. Posterior

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back, or at the back of

10. Medial

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toward the midline of the body

11. Lateral

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toward the side of the body, or away from the midline of the body

12. Deep

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away from the surface or further into the body.

13. Superficial

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closer to the surface of the body

14. Distal

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closer towards the bottom or end of a limb

15. Proximal

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closer to the top of the limb

16. Transverse Plane

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upper and lower parts

17. Sagittal Plane

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equal halves

18. Frontal Plane

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This divides the body into the front (anterior) and back (posterior) sections

19. Flexion

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bringing two bones closer together, decreasing the joint angle

20. Extension

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moving two bones away from each other, increasing the joint angle & distance between bones

21. Abduction

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moving an extremity away from the midline of the body, also refers to the fanning of the fingers/toe.

22. Adduction

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moving an extremity towards the midline of the body or to “add” the body

23. Pronation

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moving the palm from an anterior, up facing position to a posterior, down

24. Supination

jtmoczulski — 2024-02-16 02:04:05 UTC

moving the palm from an posterior, down facing position to a anterior, up facing position - to “hold a bowl of soup”

25. Elevation

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to raise

26. Depression

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To lower

27. Internal Rotation

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rotating inward

28. External Rotation

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Rotating Outward

29. Circumduction

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full rotation of the shoulder in a circle.

30. Inversion

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turning the sole of your foot medially

31. Eversion

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turning the sole of your foot laterally

32. Dorsiflexion

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moving your foot towards the shin

33. Plantarflexion

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pointing the toes downward