Postioning I Test

Front 1

lowest level of organization

Back 1

chemical level

Front 2

immoveable joint

Back 2

synarthrosis

Front 3

joint with limited movement

Back 3

amphiathrosis

Front 4

distal tibiofibular joint, amphiarthrodial, held together by interosseous ligaments and slinder fibrous cords

Back 4

syndesmoses

Front 5

found only between bones in the skull, synarthrodial

Back 5

sutures

Front 6

fibrous joint in which a conical process is inserted into a socketlike portion of bone. ex. between the roots of teeth

Back 6

gomphosis

Front 7

presence of a broad flattened disk of fibro cartilage, amphiarthrodial, ex. intervertebral disks, and the symphisis pubis

Back 7

symphyses

Front 8

temporary form of joint where in connecting hyaline cartilage is converted into bone at adulthood, synarthrodial, ex. epiphyseal plate between epiphyses and diaphyses

Back 8

synchondroses

Front 9

sliding or gliding motion between articulating surfaces ex. intermetacarpal, carpometacal, and intercarpal joints. right and left atlanto axial joints between C1 AND C2

Back 9

plane (gliding)

Front 10

permit flexion and extension only ex. interphalangeal joints and elbow

Back 10

ginglymus (hinge)

Front 11

rotational movement, ex. proximal and distal radioulnar joints, between the first and second cervical vertebrae

Back 11

trochoid (pivot)

Front 12

flexion and extension and abduction and adduction, circumduction
ex. 2-5 metacarpophalangeal joints, the wrist joint, and the metatarsophalangeal joints of the toes

Back 12

ellipsoid

Front 13

flexion, extension, adduction, abduction, circumduction, ex. first carpometacarpal joint of the thumb, ankle

Back 13

sellar (saddle)

Front 14

allows the greatest freedem of motion. flexion, extension, abduction, adduction, circumduction, medial, lateral, ex. HIP AND SHOULDER

Back 14

spheroidal (ball and socket)

Front 15

single direction, ex. knee and TMJ

Back 15

Bicondylar

Front 16

divides the body in to right and left parts

Back 16

sagittal plane

Front 17

divides the body into anterior and posterior parts

Back 17

coronal plane

Front 18

any transverse plane that passes through the body at right angles to a longitudinal plane

Back 18

horizontal plane

Front 19

is a longitudinal or transverse plane that is ast an angle or slant and is no parallel to the the sagittal, coronal, or horizontal plane

Back 19

oblique

Front 20

refers to the back half of the patient

Back 20

posterior

Front 21

transverse palne formed by connecting the lines from the infraorbital margins to the superior margins of the external auditory meatus (EAM)

Back 21

Frankfort horizontal plane

Front 22

refers to the front half of the patient

Back 22

anterior

Front 23

refers to the sole or posterior surface of the foot

Back 23

plantar

Front 24

refers to the top or anterior surface of the foot

Back 24

dorsal pedis

Front 25

refers to the back or posterior aspect of the hand

Back 25

dorsal manus

Front 26

refers to the palm of the hand

Back 26

palmar

Front 27

lying on the back

Back 27

supine

Front 28

lying on the abdomen, facing downward

Back 28

prone

Front 29

upright

Back 29

erect

Front 30

reclining

Back 30

recumbent

Front 31

a recumbent position with the body tilted with the head lower the the feet

Back 31

tredelenburg

Front 32

a recumbent position with the body tilted with the head higher than the feet

Back 32

fowlers

Front 33

a recumbent position with the patient lying on the left anterior side, with the right knee and thigh flexed and the left arm extended down behind the back

Back 33

sims postions

Front 34

decreases the angle of the joint

Back 34

flexion

Front 35

increases the angle of the joint

Back 35

extension

Front 36

extending a joint beyond the straight or neutral psotion

Back 36

hyperextension

Front 37

is to turn or bend the hand and wrist away from the natural position toward the ulnar side

Back 37

ulnar deviation

Front 38

toward the radial side of the wrist

Back 38

radial deviation

Front 39

decrease the angle between the dorsum ( top of the foot) and lower leg

Back 39

dorsiflexion

Front 40

moving foot and toes downward from the normal position, flexing or decreasing the angle

Back 40

plantar flexion

Front 41

outward stress movement of the foot as applied to the foot without rotation of the leg

Back 41

eversion

Front 42

movement of the foot as applied to the foot without roation of the leg

Back 42

inversion

Front 43

the bending of the part outward or away from the midline (eversion)

Back 43

valgus

Front 44

bending of a part inward or toward the midline (inversion)

Back 44

varus

Front 45

movement forward from a normal position ex. moving the jaw forward

Back 45

protraction

Front 46

movement backward or the condition of being drawn back.

Back 46

retraction