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45 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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Frontal Plane aka Coronal
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Divides body into front and back portions.
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Lumbar Vertebra
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Skeleton System
Axial Between Thoracic and Sacrum Can be seen from both views Anterior and Posterior |
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Synovial Joints
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Joint cavity - allows for movement at the synovial joints.
6 Types Ball & Socket, Ellipsoid, Hinge, Saddle, Gliding, and Pivot |
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Bursa
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Small, fluid filled sack that reduces friction between two structures. Primarily around joints.
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Adispose Tissue
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Loose connective tissue aka FAT
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Nerve
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Tube shaped, mobile and tender when compressed.
Compression or impingement will cause sharp shooting sensation to appendage. |
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Lymph Nodes
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Collects lymphatic fluid from lymphatic vessels.
Bean shaped found in groin, axilla and neck. |
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Deep Fascia
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Complex design. Surrounds muscle bellies holding them together and separating them into functional groups.
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Superficial Fascia
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Located immediately deep to the skin and covers the entire body. Thin sheet a spacial layering filled with adispose tissue and nerves.
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Retinaculum
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Structure that holds organ or tissue in place.
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Contracted Muscle
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Firm solid quality.
Think fetal position - all muscles are contracted. |
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Relaxed Muscle
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Soft, mallaeable feel.
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Ligament
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Connects bones together at a joint.
L B J |
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Tendon
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Attaches muscle to bone.
T M B |
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Antagonists
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Muscles which have an opposite action of the prime mover.
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Synergists
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Muscles that support the prime mover.
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Prime Mover
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Muscles that carry out an action.
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Appendicular (Appendages)
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Arms, legs, scapula, clavicle, pelvic girdle.
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Axial
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Skeletons center
Cranium (skull, mandible), vertebral column, ribs, sternum, hyoid bone, sacrum, and coccyx. |
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Anterior
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Further toward the front of the body.
Front facing. |
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Inferior
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A structure closer to the feet.
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Distal
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A structure of the arm or leg that is further away from the trunk.
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Deep
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A structure deeper in the body.
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Medial
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Closer to the midline of the body.
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Posterior
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Further toward the back of the body.
Facing their back. |
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Lateral
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Further away from the midline of the body.
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Proximal
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A structure of the arm or leg that is closer to the trunk.
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Superficial
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A structure closer to the body's surface.
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Superior
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A structure closer to the head.
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Adduction
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Movement that moves a limb laterally away from the midline.
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Adduction
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Movement that brings a limb medially toward the body's midline.
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Circumduction
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Combination of flexion, extension, adduction and abduction.
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Dorsiflexion
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Ankle movement toward body.
Letting off car's gas pedal. |
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Extension
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Movement that straightens or opens a joint.
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Flexion
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Movement that bends a joint or brings the bones closer together.
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Lateral Flexion
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When the head or vertebral column bend laterally to the side.
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Lateral Rotation
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A limb at shoulder or hip swings away from the midline.
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Medial Rotation
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A limb at the shoulder or hip turns in towards the midline.
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Plantar Flexion
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Ankle movement down.
Stepping ON the gas pedal. |
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Pronation
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Movement when the Radius crosses the Ulna.
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Rotation
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Movement of the head and or vertebral column along the transverse plane.
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Regions - Anterior
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Facial, Mandibular, Pectoral
Supraclavicular, Axillary, Brachial, Antecubital, Abdominal, Inguinal, Pubic, Femoral, Patellar, Crural |
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Regions - Posterior
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Cranial, Cervical, Scapular, Thoracic, Lumbar, Pelvic, Gluteal, Popliteal, Sural.
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Transverse
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Dividing body into upper / lower parts.
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Sagittal Plane
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Divides body into left and right halves.
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