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Anatomical Terminology Flashcards

1
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What position describes the reference point for describing locations on the body?

A

The anatomical position

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2
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How does the Sagittal plane divide the body?

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Into left and right

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Which is the left side of the anatomical position?

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The left of the person, not the observer. Their left, your right.

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Which plane divides the body into left and right sections?

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The sagittal plane

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5
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How does the coronal plane divide the body?

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Into anterior and posterior

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Which plane divides the body into anterior and posterior?

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The Frontal or Coronal plane

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7
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Which plane divides superior and inferior?

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The transverse or horizontal plane

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8
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The transverse plane divides the body how?

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Across a horizontal, into superior and inferior

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9
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What does superior mean?

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Above, or towards the head

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10
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What does inferior refer to?

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Below, or towards the feet

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What does anterior refer to?

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front of the body

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12
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How do you describe something thats towards the front of the body?

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Anterior or ventral

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13
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What does posterior mean?

A

Back of the body?

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14
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How do you describe something thats towards the back of the body?

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Posterior or dorsal

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15
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What are the terms proximal and distal used to refer to?

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Describing 2 points on the same limb

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16
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What is the term if something is closer to where the limb attaches?

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Proximal

17
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What does proximal mean?

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closer to where the limb attaches

18
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What does distal mean?

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further away from where the limb attaches

19
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How do you describe something further away from where the limb attaches to the body

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Distal

20
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What does medial mean?

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Closer to the midline

21
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What is the term to describe something closer to the midline?

A

Medial

22
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What is the term to describe something further from the midline?

A

Lateral

23
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Where is something lateral to midline?

A

Further away

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