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37 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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Prone
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lying face down
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Supine
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lying with face up
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Terms of Relationship
Anterior (ventral) |
near front surface
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Terms of Relationship
Posterior (caudal) |
near back surface
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Terms of Relationship
Superior (cranial, cephalic) |
near the head
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Terms of Relationship
inferior (caudal) |
near feet
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Terms of Relationship
medial |
near midline
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Terms of Relationship
lateral |
away from midline
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Terms of Relationship
Palmar (volar) |
anterior surface of hand
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Terms of Relationship
Plantar |
inferior surface of foot
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Terms of Relationship
Dorsum |
opposite suface of hand and foot
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Terms of Comparison
Proximal |
near trunk or origin of a structure
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Terms of Comparison
Distal |
Farther from the trunk or origin of the structure
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Terms of Comparison
Superficial |
near to skin surface
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Terms of Comparison
Deep |
remoteness from the skin surface
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Terms of Comparison
Internal (inferior) |
inside a body cavity or hollow organ
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Terms of Comparison
external (exterior) |
outside a body cavity or hollow organ
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Terms R/T Anatomical Plane
Sagittal |
vertical anteroposterior plane parallel to and including median plane
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Terms R/T Anatomical Plane
Coronal (frontal) |
vertical side to side at right angles to the sagittal plane
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Terms R/T Anatomical Plane
Transverse |
in any plane at right angles to the long axis of the body or limb
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Terms R/T Anatomical Plane
Oblique |
plane at any other angle
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Terms R/T Muscles
Origin |
proximal attachment of a limb muscle or the more fixed attachment
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Terms R/T Muscles
Insertion |
distal attachment of a limb muscle or more movable attachment
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Terms R/T Muscles
Flexion |
bending or decrease angle between body parts
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Terms R/T Muscles
Extension |
straightening or increasing the angle between body parts
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Terms R/T Muscles
Flexor surface (preaxial) |
anterior in the upper limb and posterior in the lower limb
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Terms R/T Muscles
Extensor surface (postaxial) |
posterior in the upper limb and anterior in the lower limb
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Terms R/T Muscles
Abduction |
in movement away from the median plane
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Terms R/T Muscles
Adduction |
movement toward the median plane
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Terms R/T Muscles
Circumduction |
is a combined movement involving flexion, abduction, extension and adduction in sequence
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Terms R/T Muscles
Rotation |
movement around a long axis; medial(internal) and lateral (external)
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Terms R/T Muscles
Pronation |
turning of the palm down or posterior
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Terms R/T Muscles
Supination |
turning palm forward or anterior
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Terms R/T Muscles
Inversion |
is the movement of the palm down or posterior
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Terms R/T Muscles
Eversion |
movement of the plantar surface laterally
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Terms R/T Muscles
Protraction (protrusion) |
movement of a structure anteriorly
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Terms R/T Muscles
Retraction (retrusion) |
movement of a structure posteriorly
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