Anatomical Directional Terms
This term refers to something that is lower, below , or closer to the feet
What is inferior?
A patient laying on their back face up, is laying in this position
What is supine?
This bone is longer than it is wide
What is a long bone?
This spherical head in cup joint is the type of joint that the shoulder and hip are
What is a ball and socket joint?
This is the soft tissue that connects bone to bone and provides stability
What is a ligament?
The nose is ___________ to the chin
what is superior?
A patient sitting with their legs stretched out in front of them and their torso upright is in this postion
What is long sitting?
This bone is cube shaped and equal in length, width, and thickness
What is a short bone?
This type of joint allows flexion and extension, and moves like a door
What is a hinge joint?
This is the soft tissue that connects muscle to bone
What is a tendon?
The sternum is _______________ to the spine
what is anterior?
A vertical plane that divides the body into left and right halves is called this
What is a sagittal plane
This type of bone is thin and flat and protects important organs
What is a flat bone?
This type of joint rotates around a single axis
What is a pivot joint?
This is the involuntary muscle that is responsible for pumping blood throughout the body
What is cardiac muscle?
This term means closer to the midline of the body
What is medial?
A horizontal plane that divides the body into superior and inferior portions is called this
What is a transverse (axial) plane?
A vertebra and pelvis are this type of bone
What is an irregular bone?
This type of joint has a reciprocal concave and convex surface
What is a saddle joint?
This is the voluntary muscle that connects to bones through tendons and is responsible for body movement
What is skeletal muscle?
What is Proximal?
A vertical plane that divides the body into anterior and posterior portions is called this
What is the Coronal (frontal) plane?
The patella is this type of bone that is free floating and doesn't articulate with another bone
What is a sesamoid bone?
This is the term for a freely movable joint that has cartilage, ligaments, and joint capsule
What is a synovial joint?
This is a specialized layer of connective tissue that lines the cavities of freely movable joints
What is a synovial membrane?