Planes
The plane that creates a right and a left side of the body passing from the front to the back.
What is sagittal?
Refers to something that is above or higher than another structure
What is superior?
Means lying face up
What is supine?
Movement away from the midline of the body
What is abduction?
The plane that creates a top and bottom
What is horizontal?
Refers to something farther away from the midline of the body
What is lateral?
Situated in the midline of a structure
What is median?
The anterior surface of the arm or leg rotates medially toward midline
What is internal (medial) rotataion?
The plane that creates a front and back side as it passes from one side of the body to another
What is frontal?
Means closer to the trunk
What is proximal?
Refers to a structure that is in front of another structure
What is anterior?
Pointing the toes away from the body
What is plantar flexion?
Another name for the frontal plane
What is lateral plane?
The underside of the foot
What is plantar?
Situated near the surface
What is superficial?
Turning the forearm toward the body
What is pronation?
Another name for the horizontal plane
What is transverse plane?
Refers to a structure that is behind another structure
What is posterior?
Directed away from a center
What is efferent?
Movement in 2 or 3 planes
What is circumduction?