Directions
Directions
Directions
Movements
Movements
100
above, or towards the head
What is Superior?
100
facing forward, feet together, hands at the side with palms facing forward
What is anatomical position?
100
closer to the attachment of a limb to the body, closest to the point of origin
What is proximal?
100
shrugging
What is elevation?
100
circular movement of a limb such that the distal end of the limb delineates an arc
What is circumduction?
200
in front of, towards the front
What is Anterior?
200
allows you to "pour out"
What is Pronation?
200
Another word for posterior, opposite ventral
What is Dorsal?
200
to increase the angle of the joint, straighten it out
What is extension?
200
rotation towards the center of the body
What is internal rotation/medial rotation?
300
away from the midline
What is Lateral?
300
allows you to "hold your soup"
What is supination?
300
to "add" the limb back to the body
What is adduction?
300
posterior movement of the body part
What is retraction?
300
location of the thumb opposite the fingers so that the hand can grasp objects
What is opposition?
400
furthest from the attachment of a limb to the body, furthest from the point of origin
What is distal?
400
Lying face down?
What is prone?
400
lying face up, on your spine?
What is supine?
400
to take away from the midline
What is abduction?
400
decrease the angle between the foot and the shin, bring the toes towards the head
What is dorsiflexion?
500
away from the surface of the body, more internal
What is deep?
500
between a more medial and more lateral structure
What is intermediate?
500
Place that splits the body into a top and bottom?
What is transverse plane?
500
decreasing the angle of the joint, bring it closer together
What is flexion?
500
movements of the wrist towards the radius
What is radial deviation?
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