General Anatomy

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General Anatomy

• Medical Terminology

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Somatotypes

• Ectomorph
• Small Bone Lean Body
• Mesomorph
• Muscular Physique
• Endomorph
• Round soft body

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Anatomical Position

• Trunk erect
• Arms at side
• Palms forward
• Legs Straight

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Planes of Motion
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Sagittal Plane

• Divides the body into left and right
• Passes from front to back

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Frontal Plane

• Divides the body into front and back
• Passes from side to side

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Transverse Plane

• Divides body into top and bottom
• Passes perpendicular
• to the long axis
• of the body

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Anatomical Direction
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Anatomical Direction

• Superior
• Inferior
• Anterior
• Posterior

• Higher than another structure
• Lower than another Structure
• In front of another structure
• Behind another structure

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Anatomical Direction

• Superior
• Inferior
• Posterior
• Anterior

• Higher than another structure
• Lower than another structure
• Behind another structure
• In front of another structure

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Anatomical Direction

• Medial
• Lateral
• Proximal
• Distal

• Closer to the long axis of the body
• Farther from the long axis of the body
• Structure closer to the beginning of the
  extremity
• Structure farther from the beginning of the
  extremity

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Anatomical Direction

• Lateral
• Medial
• Distal
• Proximal

• Farther from the long axis of the body
• Closer to the long axis of the body
• Structure farther from the beginning of the
  extremity
• Structure Closer to the beginning of the extremity

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Anatomical Direction

• Superficial
• Deep

• Nearer to the surface
• Farther from the surface

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Movement

• Flexion
• Extension
• Abduction
• Adduction

• Decrease in the angle of a joint
• Increase in the angle of a joint
• Movement away from the midline of the body
• Movement toward the midline of the body

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Movement

• Flexion
• Extension
• Abduction
• Adduction

• Decrease in the angle of a joint
• Increase in the angle of a joint
• Movement away from the midline of the body
• Movement toward the midline of the body

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Movement

• Dorsiflexion
• Plantar Flexion
• Inversion
• Eversion

• Flexion of the foot at the ankle
• Extension of the foot at the ankle
• Sole of the foot turned inward
• Sole of the foot turned outward

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Movement

• Dorsiflexion
• Plantar Flexion
• Inversion
• Eversion

• Flexion of the foot at the ankle
• Extension of the foot at the ankle
• Sole of the foot turned inward
• Sole of the foot turned outward

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Movement

• Supination
• Pronation
• Rotation

• Palms upward
• Palms downward
• Pivot motion about the long axis of the body

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Movement

• Supination
• Pronation
• Rotation
• Circumduction

• Palms upward
• Palms downward
• Pivot motion about the long axis of the body
• Combination of Abduction,Adduction and Rotation