Functional Anatomy Terminology

Question 1

contents of Axial body

Answer 1

Head
Neck
Trunk

Question 2

contents of appendicular body

Answer 2

Upper extremities

Lower extremities

Question 3

Anterior/ventral

Answer 3

front

Question 4

Posterior/dorsal

Answer 4

back

Question 5

medial

Answer 5

towards midline that divides left from right

Question 6

lateral

Answer 6

away from midline that divides left from right

Question 7

superior/cranial/cephalic

Answer 7

upper

Question 8

inferior/caudal

Answer 8

inner

Question 9

proximal

Answer 9

closer to trunk and root of limb

Question 10

distal

Answer 10

away from trunk and root of limb

Question 11

ipsilateral

Answer 11

same side

Question 12

contralateral

Answer 12

opposite side

Question 13

superficial

Answer 13

closer to surface of body

Question 14

deep

Answer 14

farther from surface of body

Question 15

anatomical planes

Answer 15

sagittal
coronal
transverse

Question 16

sagittal plane

Answer 16

separate left from right

Question 17

coronal plane

Answer 17

divide anterior from posterior

Question 18

transverse plane

Answer 18

divide superior from inferior

Question 19

flexion

Answer 19

Bending’ or decreasing joint angle between bones or parts of the body

Question 20

extensions

Answer 20

‘Straightening’ or increasing joint angle btn bones or parts of the body

Question 21

abduction

Answer 21

Moving away from midline

Question 22

adduction

Answer 22

Moving toward midline

Question 23

medial rotation

Answer 23

rotating internally

Question 24

lateral rotation

Answer 24

rotating externally

Question 25

right lateral flexion

Answer 25

movement at a joint that bends a body part to the right side

Question 26

left lateral flexion

Answer 26

body part bends to the left side

Question 27

elevation of scapulae

Answer 27

raising the scapula (shrug)

Question 28

depression of scapulae

Answer 28

lowering the scapula

Question 29

protraction of scapulae

Answer 29

move scapulae apart

Question 30

retraction of scapulae

Answer 30

move scapulae together

Question 31

upward rotation of scapulae

Answer 31

bottom of scapula moves away from trunk, glenoid fossa faces superiorly

Question 32

downward rotation of scapulae

Answer 32

return to normal

Question 33

supination

Answer 33

turn palms frontward

Question 34

pronation

Answer 34

turn palms backward

Question 35

radial deviation

Answer 35

hand toward thumb

Question 36

ulnar deviation

Answer 36

hand toward little finger

Question 37

plantarflexion

Answer 37

Increase angle between foot and leg

Question 38

dorsiflexion

Answer 38

Decrease angle between foot and leg

Question 39

inversion

Answer 39

Lift medial edge of foot

Question 40

eversion

Answer 40

Lift lateral edge of foot

Question 41

motion of bones relative to sagittal plane

Answer 41

flexion / extension, dorsiflexion / plantarflexion, forward & backward bending

Question 42

motion of bones relative to frontal plane

Answer 42

abduction / adduction, lateral flexion, ulnar / radial deviation, eversion and inversion

Question 43

motion of bones relative to transverse plane

Answer 43

internal / external rotation