Pathology
Movements
Body Placement
Directional Terms
Directions Again
100

A decrease in size of something.

What is Atrophy?

100

To turn the foot outward.

What is Eversion?

100

Face up.

What is Supine?

100

Towards the middle.

What is medial?

100

Towards the top.

What is Superior?

200
A fluid-filled sac like cavity that helps to counteract friction at a joint.
What is a Bursa?
200
Towards the bottom.
What is Inferior?
200
A soft tissue that connects muscle to bone.
What is a Tendon?
200
A grating, crackling, or popping sound in a joint caused from air in subcutaneous tissues.
What is Crepitus?
200
Toward the outside.
What is Lateral?
300
Closest to the joint.
What is Proximal?
300
Away from the surface.
What is Deep?
300
To turn the foot inward.
What is Inversion?
300
Toward the surface.
What is Superficial?
300
Near or toward the front.
What is Ventral?
400
This is what the motion is called when I flex my foot.
What is Dorsiflexion?
400
This connects bone to bone.
What is a Ligament?
400
Near or toward the back.
What is dorsal?
400
Opposite side. The right side of the brain may cause paralysis of the left side of the body.
What is Contralateral?
400
Face down.
What is Prone?
500
A force to the medial side of a joint, forcing the body part toward the mid line. For example, it tests the LCL.
What is Varus?
500
Only on one side of the body.
What is Unilateral?
500
The displacement of the body part away from the midline, a lateral force to the joint.
What is Valgus?
500
This is what I'm doing when I point my foot.
What is Plantarflexion?
500
Both sides of the body.
What is Bilateral?
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