Anatomical Terms W1 Flashcards by Laura Murdoch

What is Anatomy?

The study of the structure of an organism

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What is Physiology?

The study of the function of an organism

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What is the Coronal plane?

Also known as the frontal plane. The coronal plane cutes the body vertically into anterior and posterior

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What is the name of the pink plane?

Sagittal plane

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What is the name of the yellow plane?

Transverse plane

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What is the name of the green plane?

Coronal or frontal plane

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What is the Sagittal plane?

Also known as the midsagittal plane.

The sagittal plane cuts the body vertically into left and right

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What is the Transverse Plane?

Also known as the axial plane.

The Transverse plane cuts the body horizontally into superior and inferior

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What is superior and inferior?

Superior is above and inferior is below

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What is anterior and posterior?

anterior is front and posterior is back

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what is ventral and dorsal?

ventral is underside and dorsal is upperside (i.e. dorsal fin)

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What is central and peripheral?

Central is located centrally and peripheral is located in the periphery

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What is superficial and deep?

superficial is closer to the surface and deep is further from the surface

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what is proximal and distal?

proximal is closer to the trunk and distal is further from the trunk

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what is contra and ipsi?

contra is opposite side and ipsi is same side

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what is medial and lateral?

medial is closer to the midline and lateral is further from the midline

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what is extrinsic and intirnsic?

extrinsic is coming from the outside and intrinsic is coming from within

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what is infra/sub/hypo and supra?

ifra/sub/hypo is below and supra is above

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what is intra and extra

intra is situated within or inside, and extra is situated outside

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what is prefix ary-?

pertaining to the arytenoid cartilage

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what is costal?

pertaining to the ribs

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what is prefix crico-?

pertaining to the cricoid cartilage

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what is prefix genio-?

pertaining to the chin

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what is prefix glosso or suffix glossus?

pertaining to the tongue

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what is prefix hyo-?

pertaining to the hyoid bone

what is prefix labio-?

pertaining to the lips

what is laryngo-?

pertaining to the larynx

what is lingua-, linguo-, lingual?

pertaining to the tongue

what is mandibular?

pertaining to the mandible/jaw

what is naso-?

pertaining to the nasal cavity

what is oro-?

pertaining to the oral cavity

what is palatine, palatini, palato-?

palatine is pertaining to the hard or soft palate, palatini is more often pertaining to the soft palate

what is pharyngeal, pharyngo-?

pertaining to the pharynx

what is sterno-?

pertaining to the sternum

what is stylo-?

pertaining to the styloid process

what is thyro-?

pertaining to the thyroid

what is tracheo-, tracheal?

pertaining to the trachea

what is veli-, velo?

pertaining to the velum (soft palate)

what is abduction?

movement away from the median plane. separation of two structures i.e. vocal folds

what is adduction?

movement toward the median plane. bringing together of two structures i.e. vocal folds

what is deglutition?

the process of swallowing

what is depressor?

the process of lowering a structure

what is extension?

stretching out

what is flexion?

bending

what is hyper and hypo?

hyper is excessive and hypo is diminished or deficient

what is levator?

the process of raising a structure

what is matication?

the process of chewing

what is tensor?

the process of tensing a structure

what is an aditus?

an inlet or opening

what is an alveolus?

a small cavity or socket

what is concha?

a structure that is somewhat shell shaped

what is a condyle?

a rounded articular surface at the end of a bone or bony process

what is the corpus?

body

what is a cribriform?

a cribriform is a plate of bone containingmany perforations

what is a fossa?

a logitudinally directed depression in bone

what is fronto-?

pertaining to the frontal bone of the skull

what is glottic?

pertaining to the glottis

what is the lamina?

a thin plate or flat layer usually bone or cartilage

what is a meatus?

a channel or passageway

what is musculo-, myo-?

pertaining to muscles

what is occipito-?

pertaining to the occipital bone of the skull

what is parieto-?

pertaining to the parietal bones of the skull

what is a process?

a projection or outgrowth on bone or cartilage

what is salpingo-?

referring to a tube

what is a spine?

a short thorn like process of a bone

what is a symphysis?

the union of two structures

what is temporo-?

pertaining to the temporal bone of the skull

what is ventricular?

pertaining to the ventricular folds

what is vocal?

pertaining to the vocal folds

Anatomical Terms W1 Flashcards

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