Anatomical Terms Flashcards
(30 cards)
Rostral
At the head end; beak
Caudal
Pertaining to the tail end
Dorsum
back
Palmar
Referring to the palm of the hand
Plantar
Relating to the sole of the foot
Fascia
A sheet of fibrous tissue that envelops the body beneath the skin; it also encloses muscles and groups of muscles and separates their several layers or groups.
Parietal
Relating to the wall of any cavity
Visceral
Guts
Process
projection or outgrowth
Oblique
Slanting; deviating from the perpendicular, horizontal, sagittal, or coronal plane of the body
Sulcus
long narrow groove
Aponeurosis
A sheetlike tendinous expansion, mainly serving to connect a muscle to the parts it moves.
Fossa
A depression usually more or less longitudinal in shape below the level of the surface of a part.
Foramen
A hole through a bone or a membranous structure.
Sinus
A cavity or hollow space in bone or other tissue.
Ipsilateral
On the same side
Contralateral
Relating to the opposite side
Ventral
Pertaining to the belly or undersurface
Axial
- Relating to an axis.
- Relating to or situated in the central part of the body, in the head and trunk as distinguished from the limbs, axial skeleton.
Origin
The starting point
insertion
- A putting in.
2. The usually more distal attachment of a muscle
Action
The performance of any of the vital functions
innervation
The supply of nerve fibers functionally connected with a part.
Axilla
armpit
