VCPR
Directional Terminology
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Directional Planes
Action Terminology
100

What is the difference between a client and a patient?

Client is the owner, patient is the pet/animal

100

Toward the spine

Dorsal

100

Away from the body

Distal

100

Divides the body into top and bottom halves

Dorsal Plane

100

Decrease the angle of the joint

Flexion

200

What does the S stand for in SOAP? 

Subjective

200

Toward the head

Cranial

200

Toward the midline

Medial

200

Divides the body into front and back halves

Transverse Plane

200
Moving the limb away from the body

Abduction

300

Temperature would count for which part of the SOAP? 

O-Objective

300

Toward the tail

Caudal

300

Above

Superior

300

Divides the body into even right and left halves

Medial Plane

300

Moving the limb towards the midline of the body

Adduction

400

Treatment accounts for which portion of the SOAP?

P-Plan

400

Toward the body

Proximal

400

Well below the surface

Deep

400

Divides the body into uneven right and left halves

Sagittal Plane

400

Increase the angle of the joint

Extension

500

Diagnosis accounts for which portion on the SOAP?

A-Assessment

500

Toward the nose

Rostral

500

The underside of the hind foot

Plantar
500

Action Term: Rotate the limb medially

Pronate

500

Rotation of the limb laterally

Supinate

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