Anatomy Terms

Question 1

Describe the anatomical position of the body

Answer 1

The position of the body that is a point of reference for directions and movements of the body. Body faces forward, arms by side with palms facing forward, feet in parallel.

Question 2

Coronal

Answer 2

frontal, door, side to side

Question 3

Sagittal

Answer 3

median, wheel, Front to back

Question 4

Transverse

Answer 4

horizontal, table, cuts the body in half

Question 5

front

Answer 5

anterior

Question 6

back

Answer 6

posterior

Question 7

towards the side

Answer 7

lateral

Question 8

towards the middle

Answer 8

medial

Question 9

above

Answer 9

superior

Question 10

below

Answer 10

inferior

Question 11

towards the top of a limb

Answer 11

proximal

Question 12

towards the bottom of a limb

Answer 12

distal

Question 13

outside the body

Answer 13

external

Question 14

inside the body

Answer 14

internal

Question 15

on the same side as the body

Answer 15

ipsilateral

Question 16

on the other side of the body

Answer 16

contralateral

Question 17

flexion

Answer 17

bringing two bones closer together. e.g front leg lift

Question 18

extension

Answer 18

taking two bones further apart, e.g back leg lift

Question 19

abduction

Answer 19

moving away from the midline of the body, e.g. side leg lift

Question 20

adduction

Answer 20

moving towards the midline of the body

Question 21

rotation

Answer 21

moving along the long axis of the bone

Question 22

plantarflexion

Answer 22

moving foot away from the leg, i.e. pointing

Question 23

dorsiflexion

Answer 23

moving the foot towards the leg, i.e. flexing

Question 24

inversion

Answer 24

moving the foot towards the midline, i.e. sickling

Question 25

eversion

Answer 25

moving the foot away from the midline, i.e. fishing

Question 26

pronation

Answer 26

rolling the foot towards the floor

Question 27

supination

Answer 27

rolling the foot away from the floor

Question 28

head

Answer 28

spherical protrusions, usually at the end of a narrow 'neck' of bone

Question 29

trochanter

Answer 29

large 'bump' of bone, e.g. greater trochanter on the femur

Question 30

tuberosity

Answer 30

medium bump of bone, e.g. pelvis where hamstrings attach

Question 31

tubercle

Answer 31

little bump of bone, e.g. humorous

Question 32

condyle

Answer 32

large bumps at the end of bone shaped like half tyres, e.g. proximal end of tibia

Question 33

crest

Answer 33

large ridge of bone, e.g. iliac crest (hip bones)

Question 34

spine

Answer 34

pointy projection of bone, e.g. hip bones

Question 35

fossa

Answer 35

a large hollow in a bone, e.g. iliac fossa in pelvis, glenoid fossa in scapular

Question 36

groove

Answer 36

a long narrow groove, e.g. bicipital groove in humorous

Question 37

foramen

Answer 37

a hole, e.g. in skull where spine becomes brain

Question 38

canal

Answer 38

a long hole, e.g. spinal canal