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117 Cards in this Set
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anatomical position |
palms facing forward |
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fundamental position |
military attention |
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frontal plane |
(coronal) divides front and back |
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saggital plane |
(median) divides left and right |
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horizontal plane |
(transverse) divides upper and lower |
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flexion |
decrease of the angle |
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extension |
increase of the angle |
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hyperextension |
extension beyond the anatomical position |
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abduction |
movement away from the midline of the body |
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adduction |
movement towards the midline of the body |
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lateral flexion |
movement from the midline (butt and neck tilt) |
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internal rotation |
rotation of a body segment towards the midline |
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external rotation |
rotation of a body segment away from the midline |
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circumduction |
combination of different movements |
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pronation |
turning palms downwards |
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supination |
turning palms upwards |
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inversion |
turning the foot inwards |
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eversion |
turning the foot outward |
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anterior |
front |
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posterier |
back |
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proximal |
nearer to |
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distal |
farther away |
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lateral |
farther from the midline |
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medial |
nearer to the midline |
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dorsal |
back of |
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ventral |
front of |
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plantar |
sole of the foot |
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palmar |
palm of the hand |
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superior |
higher |
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inferior |
lower |
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bilateral |
present on both sides |
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ulnar deviation |
wrist adduction, movement of the hand towards the midline of the body (anatomical pos.) |
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radial deviation |
wrist abduction, movement of the hand away from the midline of the body (anatomical pos.) |
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symmetrical |
same on both sides |
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asymmetrical |
not the same on both sides |
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supine |
lying face up |
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prone |
lying face down |
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trochanter |
large process |
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tubercle |
small process |
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tuberosity |
large roughened process |
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fossa |
depression |
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condyle |
large rounded process |
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epicondyle |
small process or condyle |
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foramen |
hole |
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origin |
more fixed attachment |
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insertion |
less fixed attachment |
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cranial |
head |
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caudal |
tail |
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fissure |
groove (deep) |
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fovea |
rounded depression |
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notch |
indentation in a bone |
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crest |
top (ridge) |
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sulcus |
groove (broad, not deep) |
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facet |
small articular surface |
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calcaneous |
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navicular |
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cuneiform |
(named from medial to lateral, medial being cuneiform I) |
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cuboid |
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metatarsel |
(numbered from medial to lateral) |
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talus |
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hallux |
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phalanges |
(proximal/distal/middle, numbered from medial to lateral) |
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medial condyle |
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medial plateau |
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medial surface |
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anterior surface |
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intercondylar emminence |
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medial malleolus |
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anterior border |
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medial border |
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soleal-popliteal line |
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lateral condyle |
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lateral plateau |
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lateral surface |
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posterior surface |
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tibial tuberosity |
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fibular notch |
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interosseous border |
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head of fibula |
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facet for tibia |
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lateral malleolus |
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interosseous border (fibula) |
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styloid process |
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malleolar fossa |
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anterior border |
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posterior border |
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base of patella |
(superior) |
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apex of patella |
(inferior) |
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head of femur |
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greater trochanter |
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intertrochanteric line |
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pectineal line |
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gluteal tuberosity |
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medial condyle |
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adductor tubercle |
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patellar surface |
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neck |
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lesser trochanter |
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intertrochanteric crest |
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quadrate tubercle |
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linea aspera |
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popliteal surface-space |
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lateral condyle |
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intercondylar fossa |
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crest of ilium |
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anterior superior iliac spine |
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posterior superior iliac spine |
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interior gluteal line |
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iliopectineal line |
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greater sciatic notch |
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iliac fossa (medial surface) |
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anterior interior iliac spine |
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posterior inferior iliac spine |
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anterior gluteal line |
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arcuate line |
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iliopectineal line |
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sacral articulation |
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