What term means inside the body?

Medial: In the middle or inside, as opposed to lateral. Posterior: The back or behind, as opposed to the anterior. Posteroanterior: From back to front, as opposed to anteroposterior.

What are the 4 main anatomical positions?

Anatomical Terminology

Superior or cranial – toward the head end of the body; upper (example, the hand is part of the superior extremity).
Inferior or caudal – away from the head; lower (example, the foot is part of the inferior extremity).
Anterior or ventral – front (example, the kneecap is located on the anterior side of the leg).

What is top in medical terms?

TOP in Medical. 19. TOP. Termination Of Pregnancy + 2 variants. Diagnosis, Pregnancy, Midwifery.

What are the 10 directional terms?

Terms in this set (10)

Superior. toward the head.
Inferior. Lower on the body, farther from the head.
Dorsal. Pertaining to the back.
Ventral. Belly side.
Medial. toward the midline.
Lateral. away from the midline.
Proximal. Nearer to the trunk of the body.
Distal. Farther from the trunk of the body.

What are the 8 directional terms?

Terms in this set (8)

Upwards. superior.
downwards. inferior.
outwards. lateral.
Moving to middle. Medial.
Belly/Front of body. Anterior.
backside. posterior.
Close to the point of attachment. proximal.
Further away from point of attachment. distal.

What are the 12 directional terms?

Terms in this set (12)

Ventral. Toward the Front (or belly)
Dorsal. Toward the Back (or spine)
Anterior. Toward the front Side.
posterior. Toward the back side.
Superior. Above.
Inferior. Below.
Medial. Towards the middle.
Lateral. Towards the side.

What are the 3 major body planes?

There are three planes commonly used; sagittal, coronal and transverse.

What plane is a squat in?

Squats involve flexion (forward motion) and extension (backward on the way up), so would fit into the sagittal plane. Frontal plane motion would include leaning from left to right as in sidebends and lateral raises, or perhaps you might picture jumping jacks for a good image of movement along the frontal plane.

What are the 4 body planes?

The anatomical planes are four imaginary flat surfaces or planes that pass through the body in the anatomical position. They are the median plane, sagittal planes, coronal (frontal) planes and horizontal (transverse) planes (figure 2).

What are the three body planes and how do they divide the body?

In human and animal anatomy, three principal planes are used:

The sagittal plane or lateral plane (longitudinal, anteroposterior) is a plane parallel to the sagittal suture.
The coronal plane or frontal plane (vertical) divides the body into dorsal and ventral (back and front, or posterior and anterior) portions.

What are the 3 planes of movement?

The three planes of motion are the sagittal, frontal and transverse planes.

Sagittal Plane: Cuts the body into left and right halves. Forward and backward movements.
Frontal Plane: Cuts the body into front and back halves. Side-to-side movements.
Transverse Plane: Cuts the body into top and bottom halves.

What are the 3 axis of the body?

Axes of movement

Frontal axis – this line runs from left to right through the centre of the body.
Sagittal (also known as the antero-posterior) axis – this line runs from front to back through the centre of the body.
Vertical axis – this line runs from top to bottom through the centre of the body.

What plane of motion is a bench press?

sagittal plane

What plane of motion is a bent over row?

Bent over rows operate in the sagittal plane. Pendlay rows operate in the transverse plane.

How do you remember the planes and axis?

STef (Sagittal plane, Transverse axis, extension, flexion) FFaa (Frontal plane, Frontal axis, abduction, adduction) TLr (Transverse plane, longitudinal axis, rotation) – remember this as The London Railway!

What planes and axis work together?

Sagittal axis runs through the body horizontally from the left to right. Frontal axis runs through the body horizontally from the back to front. Movement in the sagittal plane about the frontal axis allows for front somersaults/forward roll. Movement in the frontal plane about the sagittal axis allows for cartwheels.

What are the body planes and sections?

Key Points

A coronal or frontal plane divides the body into dorsal and ventral (back and front, or posterior and anterior) portions.
A transverse plane, also known as an axial plane or cross-section, divides the body into cranial and caudal (head and tail) portions.

What are the body sections?

What are the two essential functions of body cavities in the human body?

Name two essential functions of the body cavities of the trunk. protect internal organs and cushion them from thumps and bumps that occur while walking / running, or jumping. They also permit the organs that they surround to change in size and shape w/o disrupting the activities of nearby organs.

Is dorsal a top or bottom?

The dorsal (from Latin dorsum ‘back’) surface of an organism refers to the back, or upper side, of an organism. If talking about the skull, the dorsal side is the top. The ventral (from Latin venter ‘belly’) surface refers to the front, or lower side, of an organism.

Is the elbow distal to the wrist?

The wrist joint is distal to the elbow joint. The scaphoid lies in the proximal row of carpal bones.

What are the two orientations that a body can be in while in anatomical positions?

Anatomical Orientation and Directions

Superior/Inferior–Equivalent to above and below when moving along the long axis of a body in anatomical position.
Proximal/Distal–Equivalent to near and far.
Medial/Lateral–Equivalent to towards the middle or towards the edge.
Anterior/Posterior–Equivalent to the front and back of a body in anatomical position.

What is dorsal view?

Dorsal means the upper surface of an organism. For example, the dorsal view of a butterfly would be viewing the insect from above: Insects within a reference collection are commonly mounted so that their dorsal surface is visible.