Skeletal Terms
Body Sections
General Directional Terms
Muscle Actions
General Anatomy/Phys.
100
Arms and Leg
What is the appendicular skeleton?
100
Transverse
What section cuts the body into top and bottom portions?
100
Superior/Cranial
What is closer to the head?
100
Abduct
What is moving a structure away from midline?
100
Neurology
What is the study of the nervous system?
200
Head and Trunk
What is the axial skeleton
200
Coronal
What section cuts the body into front and back portions?
200
Dorsal/Posterior
What is toward the back?
200
Adduct
What is moving structures toward midline?
200
Anatomy
What is the study of structure?
300
Sagittal
What what section cuts the body into right and left portions?
300
Ventral/Anterior
What is toward the belly?
300
Extension
What is straightening a joint?
300
Physiology
What is the study of function?
400
Prone
What is face down?
400
Flexion
What is bending a joint?
400
Histology
What is the microscopic study of tissues and cells?
500
Distal
What is away from a point of attachment?
500
Clinical/Applied Anatomy
What is the study of anatomy in relation to medical problems?
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