Week 1 Flashcards
(33 cards)
What Anatomical Plane splits the body into left and right sections?
Sagittal Plane
What Anatomical Plane splits the body into Anterior (Ventral) and Posterior (Dorsal) sections?
Coronal Plane
What Anatomical Plane splits the body into Superior and Inferior parts?
Transverse Plane (Sometimes known as Axial Plane)
What plane does flexion and extension occur in?
Sagittal Plane
What direction does Abduction move in
Away from the midline
What direction does Adduction move in?
Towards the midline
What is Circumduction?
A combination of Flexion, Extension , Abduction and Adduction
What is rotational movement towards the midline?
Medial rotation
What is rotation movement away from the midline?
Lateral Rotation
What is anterior (forward) movement of shoulder called?
Protraction
What is posterior (backward) movement of shoulder called?
Retraction
What is superior movement of shoulder called?
Elevation
What is inferior movement of shoulder called?
Depression
What is extension of foot called so that foot points superiorly?
Dorsiflexion
What is flexion of foot called so that foot points inferiorly?
Plantarflexion
What is movement of sole towards midline called?
Inversion
What is movement of foot away from midline called?
Eversion
What are 4 primary types of tissue?
Epithelial Tissue
Connective Tissue
Muscle Tissue
Nervous Tissue
What are the 3 types of Connective Tissue?
Loose Connective Tissue
Dense Connective Tissue
Specialised Connective Tissue
What are the 2 types of Loose Connective Tissue?
Areolar
Adipose
What are the 2 types of dense connective tissue?
Dense Regular
Dense Irregular
What are 3 types of Specialised Connective Tissue?
Cartilage
Bone
Blood
What are 3 types of muscle tissue?
Skeletal
Smooth
Cardiac
What is an area of bone called that is closer to the origin?
Proximal
