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Anatomical Terminology Fundamentals: Understanding the Body's Directions and Movements

Learn the basics of anatomical terminology, planes, and joint movements. Explore directional terms like medial, superior, and proximal. Get ready for a quiz with all the key notes from class!

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Anatomical Terminology Fundamentals: Understanding the Body's Directions and Movements

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  1. Anatomical Terminology - Fundamentals

  2. Position -Anatomical (Neutral) Position Universal -Hand position, feet, facing?

  3. Anatomical Planes 1. Frontal (Coronal) Front - Back / Anterior - Posterior 2. Sagittal (median) Right - left 3. Transverse (horizontal) Upper - lower

  4. Anatomical Axis: Horizontal Longitudinal Antero-posterior

  5. Plane: Frontal……………. Sagittal…………… Transverse………. Axis: ……Antero-posterior …………Horizontal ……….Longitudinal Planes & Corresponding Axis

  6. Basic Joint Movements • 1. Flexion • 2. Extension

  7. Basic Joint Movements • 3. ABDuction • 4. ADDuction

  8. Basic Joint Movements • 5. Internal Rotation • 6. External Rotation

  9. Basic Joint Movements • 7. Circumduction

  10. ACTIONS: Supination - Pronation Inversion - Eversion Depression - Elevation Dorsi Flexion - Plantar Flexion Protraction - Retraction DIRECTIONAL TERMINOLOGY: Medial - Lateral Anterior - Posterior Superior - Inferior Ventral - Dorsal Superficial - Deep Proximal - Distal Additional Anatomical Actions & Directions

  11. NEXT CLASS… • Quiz: • All notes from class • All anatomical terminology / directions / planes / axis etc.

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