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39 Cards in this Set
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Abduction |
Draw away from the midline |
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Adduction |
Draws towards the midline |
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Ambulatory |
Able to move about, not confined to bed |
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Anatomical Position |
To stand erect with arms at side and palms facing forwards |
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Axilla |
Armpit |
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Anterior |
located toward the front of the body |
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Articulation |
Connection between bones, joint |
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Caudal |
Towards the Feet |
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Cephalad |
Towards the head |
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Cervical |
Pertaining to the neck or to the cervix of the uterus |
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Deep |
Father from the surface |
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Diffuse |
Spread out over a large area |
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Distal |
Father from the limb root |
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Dorsiflexion
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Backward flexion, as in bending backward either a hand or a foot |
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Everted
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Turned forward |
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Extension
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Straightening out |
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External
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Outside |
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Flexion |
Bending or angulation
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Frontal/coronal plane |
Divides body into anterior and posterior |
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Inferior |
Lower, father from head |
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Internal |
Inside |
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Inverted
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Turned inward |
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Lateral |
Father from the midline |
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Levator |
That which raises |
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Medial |
Nearer to the midline
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Midline
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Divides the body into left and right |
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Palmer or Volar |
Palm side of hand or body |
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Plantar |
Sole of foot |
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Posterior or Dorsal |
Rear or Back |
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Pronator |
That which turns the palm of hand downwards |
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Prone |
Body position lying face down with forearms and hands turned palm side down |
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Proximal |
Nearer to the limb root |
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Radial Aspect |
Pertaining to the radial (lateral) side of the arm |
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Superficial |
Nearer to the surface |
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Superior |
Upper, nearer to crown of head
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Supinator
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That which turns palm of hand upward |
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Supine |
Body position |
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Transverse plane |
Right angles to long axis; divides the body into upper and lower parts |
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Ulnar aspect |
Pertaining to the ulnar (medial) side of the arm |
