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Anatomical Position
Anatomical Position, Planes & Relationships
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Medical
Graduate
02/01/2014

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Term

 

 

Anatomical Body Position

 

Definition

 

 

Human body erect

Palms facing outward

Term

 

 

Name 3 planes & orientation

Definition

 

1. Frontal/coronal; from ear to ear

 

2. Sagital; from front to back

 

3. transverse/horizontal; slices of the body from toe to head

Term

 

 

Anatomical Position Expanded

Toes, Eyes, Arms, & Palms

Definition

Standing Erect

toes forward, eyes straight ahead, arms by side, palms facing forward

 

Lying Supine

toes straight up, eyes directly at ceiling, arms by side, palms straight up

Term

 

Name 3 planes (again)

 

Correct name for front vs. back

 

Correct name for toward butt vs. toward head

Definition

 

Frontal/coronal, sagital, transverse

 

posterior or dorsal; anterior or ventral

 

caudal vs. anterior

Term

 

 

Coronal/Frontal

 

divides where?

divides body into what?

# of planes?

Definition

 

 

right angles to the midsagittal

divides body anterior and posterior parts

infinite planes

Term

 

Travsnverse or Horizontal

 

cuts where?

divides body into what?

# of splices?

Definition

 

 

cuts at right angles to the coronal and median planes

divides into superior vs. inferior

infinite

Term

 

 

 

Oblique

Definition

 

 

any plane that deviates from the median, sagittal, coronal, or transverse planes

(anything other than X, Y, & Z planes)

Term

 

Median

 

cut where?

#?

Definition

 

divide body into equal parts

cut at nose and umillicus

right and left

 

ONLY one median

Term

 

 

 

Sagittal

Definition

 

infinite number of places parallel

to the midsagittal plane

 

divides body into unequal right and left parts

Term

 

Cross

 

# of cuts?

cut at what angle?

Definition

 

infinite number of possible cuts across the body or one of its limbs at RIGHT angles to its long axis

(so basically transverse cuts)

Term

 

 

Longitudinal

 

# of cuts?

angle?

Definition

 

infinite number of possible cuts that parallel te long axis of th ebody or its components

 

(sagittal cuts)

Term

Review
3 anatomical planes

median

tranverse

oblqiue

 

what does the median and midsagittal cut have in common?

Definition

 

 

 

median = midsagittal cut

Term

 

superior vs. inferior

cranial vs. caudal

superficial vs. deep

proximial vs. distal

lateral vs. medial (reference to midline)

Definition

 

towards head vs. tailward

closes to surface of body vs. keep toward center

closer to body vs. farther

 

lateral --> further from midline

medial --> closer to midline

ex: ears are lateral to the nose

Term

 

 

ventral vs. dorsal

 

cranial vs. caudal

Definition

 

toward front of body vs. toward back

 

toward top of head vs. soles of feet

Term

Review

 

medial vs. lateral

proximal vs. distal

superficial vs. deep

Definition
Term

 

ipsilateral vs. contralateral

 

palmar surface of hand vs. dorsal surface of hand

 

plantar surface of foot vs. dornal surface of foot

Definition

 

 

same side of body vs. opposite

 

anterior surface vs. posterior surface

 

inferior surface, sole vs. superior surface

Term

 

 

Condyle

Definition

 

widened or rounded end of a bone with a smooth articlar suface

 

ex: mandible - temporomandibular join

occipital bone - articulaes with atlas

Term

 

 

 

Process

Definition

 

a projection of bone for the attachment of muscles or for articulation

 

ex: coronoid process of mandible - insertion or attachment of temporalis muscle

ex: temporal process of zygomatic bone and zygomatic process of temporal bone

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