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Question 1

What is the other name for Anterior and posterior, and what do they mean?

Answer 1

Ventral and Dorsal. Front and Back of the body

Question 2

What is the other name for Cranial and Caudal, and what do they mean?

Answer 2

Superior and Inferior. Towards the head and towards the feet. Direction.

Question 3

What does medial and lateral mean?

Answer 3

Medial is towards the middle of the body lateral is towards the outside of the body.

Question 4

Proximal and distal meaning?

Answer 4

Proximal is the reference for something closer to the trunk and distal is the reference for further away from the trunk.

Question 5

Superficial and Deep/profundus meaning?

Answer 5

Superficial is for things closer to the surface of the body, Deep is for things closer to the center of the location.

Question 6

Ipsilateral and Contralateral or Homolateral and Heterolateral meaning?

Answer 6

Ipsilateral and Homolateral mean on the same side. Contralateral and Heterolateral meaning on opposite sides.

Question 7

What are the three planes and axis?

Answer 7

Frontal plane - saggital axis, Transverse plane - Longitudinal axis, Saggital plane - Frontal axis

Question 8

What movements can occur in the Saggital plane and frontal axis?

Answer 8

Flexion and extension

Question 9

What movements can occur in the Frontal plane and Saggital axis?

Answer 9

Abbduction and adduction

Elevation and depression

Question 10

What movements can occur in the Transverse plane and Longitudinal axis?

Answer 10

Internal and external rotation

Horizontal abduction and adduction