Joint Classification
Body Surfaces and Parts
Body Positions
Specific Body Positions
Terms Related to Movement
100
Fibrous, Cartilaginous, and Synovial
What are the 3 joint classifications?
100
Posterior or Dorsal
What are the terms that refer to the back half of a patient?
100
Supine
What is lying on the back facing upward?
100
Right or Left lateral decubitus
What is patient lying on their side, and the x-ray beam is directed horizontally from AP or PA?
100
Flexion/Extension
What is when the angle between the parts is decreased or increased?
200
Syndemoses, Sutures, and Gomphoses
What are the 3 fibrous joints?
200
Anterior or Ventral
What are the terms that refer to the front half of the patient?
200
Prone
What is lying on the abdomen facing downward?
200
Ventral decubitus
What is the patient lying on their anterior surface with the x-ray beam directed horizontally, exiting from the side closest to the IR?
200
Hyperextension
What is extending a joint beyond the straight or neutral position?
300
Type, Mobility, and movement
What are the 3 classification characteristics for joints?
300
Plantar
What is the term that refers to the posterior/sole surface of the foot?
300
Recumbent
What is lying down in any position?
300
Tangential
What is touching a curve or surface at only on point (skimming)?
300
Ulnar Deviation
What is to turn or bend the hand and wrist toward the ulnar side?
400
Amphiathrodial, Synarthrodial, Diarthrodial
What are the 3 mobility classifications of joints?
400
Dorsal
What is the term that refers to the top/anterior surface of the foot?
400
Fowler
What is a recumbent position with the body tilted with the head higher than the feet?
400
AP lordotic
What is for demonstrating the apices of the lungs?
400
Abduction
What is the lateral movement of the arm or leg away from the body?
500
Plane (gliding), Ginglymis (hinge), Pivot (trochoid), Ellipsoid (condylar), Saddle (sellar), Ball and Socket (spheroidal), Bicondylar
What are the 7 movement types of joints?
500
Dorsal
What is the term that refers to the back/posterior aspect of the hand?
500
Lithotomy
What is a recumbent position with knees and hip flexed and thigh abducted and rotated externally, supported by ankle supports?
500
Dorsoplantar
What describes the path of the CR from the anterior surface of the foot to the posterior surface of the foot?
500
Varus
What is an abnormal position in which a part or limb is forced outward from the midline of the body?
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