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Anatomical Terminology, skull, image, image, body, hand - Coggle Diagram
Anatomical Terminology
planes
Sagittal Plane
:Divides the body from left to right.
Transverse Plane
: Normal movement of the foot when walking or running
Frontal Plane
: a vertical plane going side to side.
position
Inferior
: low or lower in position
Superior
: Toward the head/ end of the body ; Upper
Deep
: away from the surface or further into the body
Superficial
: on the surface or shallow
dorsal
located on the back
anterior
front of the structure
posterior
the back of a structure
medial
middle or center
Body Parts
Caudal
: being a tail
palmer
: palm of the hand
*Cranial
: the skull or cranium *
Planter
: sole of the foot
thorax
**
the region between the abdomen
Abdomen
contains the pancreas
ventral
relating to the belly
distal
close to the center of the body
supination
- relating to the forearm and hand
Movement
supination
: rotation of the hand facing upward or forward.
eversion
: act of turning inside out
pronation
: rotation of the hand and forearms so that the palm faces downward or backwards
*inversion
: movement of the sole towards the median plane*
extension
: movement increases the angle or distance between body parts
adduction
: movement of a limb toward the body midline
abduction**
Movement of a limb away from the midline
