Specific parts
Caudal vertebrae
What is the vertebrae of the tail?
Depression
What is a downwards movement?
Medial
What is towards/near the middle?
Hyperextension
What is moving a joint further than it should move?
The largest bone of the leg.
What is the femur?
Cervical vertebrae
What is the vertebrae of the neck?
Elevation
what is an upward movement?
Superior
What is close to the front of the body.?
Abduction
What is a motion of a body part that is moving away from the midline?
The proximal-most bone of the arm (the part of the arm closest to the body)
What is the humerus?
Mandibular fenestra
What is the hole on the middle of the jaw bone?
Extension
What is a movement of the joint where the angle between the two parts increases?
Lateral
What is away from the middle?
Flexion
What is a bending movement of the joint that decreases the angle between the two parts?
Foramen
What is an opening that allows for the passage of other structures such as other bones or nerves?
Antorbital fenestra
What is the hole in front of the eye on the skull?
Pronation
What is the wrists point downwards, palms facing the body?
Proximal
What is near the center of origin of the body?
1. external rotation 2. internal rotation
1. What is rotating something away from the midline? 2. What is rotating something towards the midline?
Premaxilla
What is the tip of the snout in most animals?
The jugal
What is bone that’s under the eye and makes up the cheek?
Supination
What is when the wrists point upwards, towards the sky?
Anterior
What is the front side?
Plantarflexion
What is pointing the ankle downwards, moving it away from the tibia?
Ischium
What is the posterior bone of the pelvis that points backwards in most dinosaurs?