Exsc Terminology
Terms
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- Coronal Plane
- Front and back
- Frontal Plane
- Front and back
- sagital plane
- left and right, cut down the center
- Horizontal plane
- top and bottom
- Transverse Plane
- Top and bottom
- ADDuction
- move toward mid-line
- ABduction
- move away from mid-line
- Flexion
- narrowing angle of joint
- Extension
- increase of angle of joint
- Circumduction
- combination of all four motions (adduction, abduction, flexion, and extensioin) only shoulder adn hip
- rotation (medial and lateral)
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medial- towards mid-line
lateral-away from mid-line - supination
- can hold a can of soup
- Pronation
- Hands faced down
- Supine
- On your back
- Prone
- Face down
- Medial
- Come toward mid-line
- Lateral
- going away from mid-line
- posterior
- moving toward back
- Anterior
- moving toward front
- Ventral
- front
- Dorsal
- Back
- Superior
- Above or toward top
- Inferior
- Below
- Distal
- farthest from trunk
- caudal
- Tail
- Cephalic or cranial
- Toward Head
- Proximal
- Closest to the trunk
- Plantar Flexion
- Pointing of the foot (ballerina)
- Dorsiflexion
- pulling toes up (flex feet)
- Inversion
- Foot pointed inward towards mid-line
- Eversion
- Foot pointed out away from mid-line
- Open kinetic chain
- distal moves freely, proximal is fixed
- Closed kinetic Chain
- distal fixed, proximal is moving freely
- eccentric muscle action
- lengthening of muscle fibers
- Concentric muscle action
- shorting of muscle fibers
- Origin
- Proximal
- Insertion
- Distal