Related Essays

  • Body Plane Research Paper

    Body Planes, Regions, Cavities, and Directional Terms The fundamentals of learning the body in the medical field are body planes, regions, cavities, and di...

  • Universal Precautions Essay

    Review, identify, and describe anatomical plane terminology. Figure 1.2 Superior- Higher Inferior- Lower Distal- Further away from the midline Proximal- Cl...

  • Anatomical Term Anterior: Front View Of The Body

    The anatomical term ‘Anterior’ refers to the front view of the body or in reference to the front of the body. Generally when referring to anatomical position...

  • Reflection On Anatomy And Physiology

    Anatomical positions precisely relate the location of body parts to one another. There are several terms in which

  • What Are The Importance Of Body Mechanics

     Body alignment is the way our body parts are positioned in relation to one

  • Ventral Vs Dorsal Difference

    a. Dorsal vs. Ventral- The Dorsal refers to the back side of the body and is perpendicular to the neuraxis towards the top of head. The Ventral refers to the...

  • Summary Of Hole's Anatomy And Physiology

    Included in this section are illustrations of the major organs as well as cadaver photos (p.38-56), which help tremendously in the understanding of organizat...

  • Positive And Negative Feedback Mechanism

    For instance, it is a person lying on the floor with the face on the floor and they point to the back and the question asks what position it is, it's anterio...

  • Stranger Assignment

    The first physical factor that I will note is my subject's posture. The feet were set in a wide stance, slightly turned out. Above that the knees had a sligh...

  • Non Verbal Communication Analysis

    It is obvious the meaning of the body differs from culture to culture group to group with in a country even between the gender and so on. there is a greater ...

  • Shuffle
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Alphabetize
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Front First
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Both Sides
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Read
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
Reading...
Front

Card Range To Study

through

image

Play button

image

Play button

image

Progress

1/10

Click to flip

Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;

Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;

H to show hint;

A reads text to speech;

10 Cards in this Set

  • Front
  • Back
Superior/Inferior
Above/Below

ex. nose is superior to the mouth
Anterior/Posterior
Front/Back

ex. Spine is posterior to the heart
Medial/lateral
toward the midline/away from the midline

ex. the sternum is medial to the ribs
Cephalad (cranial)/Caudal
towards the head/away from the head

humans = posterior/anterior
Quads = Anterior/Posterior
Dorsal/Ventral
Backside/Bellyside

Humans = Posterior/Anterior
Quads = Superior/Inferior
Proximal/Distal
Nearer the trunk or attached end/further from the trunk or point of attatchment
Superficial (external)/Deep (internal)
Toward or at the body surface/away from the body surface
Sagital/median plane
plane that runs longitudinally and divides the body into right and left parts
Frontal plane (coronal plane)
longitudinal plane that divides the body into anterior and posterior parts
Transverse plane
Runs horizontally dividing the body into superior and inferior parts