Anatomical Position Flashcards

A reference posture of the human body, in which the anterior view of the human body is shown standing with legs slightly apart, feet forward, and palms facing forward.

Lying or resting on the back with the face, palm, etc., upwards.

Lying with the front or face downward.

<p>Situated in a higher position on the body, closer to the head and farther from the feet.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A part of the body located below another; the opposite of superior.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The forward position.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Located behind a part or toward the rear of a structure.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Pertaining to, situated in, or oriented toward the midline of the body.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Relating to or situated at or on the side.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Nearest to a point of reference, as to a center or median line or to the point of attachment or origin.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Farther from any point of reference.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A vertical plane through the body parallel to the median plane, dividing the body into left and right portions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Passes horizontally through the body, dividing it into upper and lower portions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An imaginary plane that divides the body into anterior (ventral) and posterior (dorsal) halves along the longitudinal (left-right) axis.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Toward or near a surface; confined to or pertaining to a surface.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A fibrous layer of tissue that envelopes muscles.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Pertaining to the abdomen or to any venter.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Pertaining to the back of the body.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The space within the walls of the chest, bounded below by the diaphragm and above by the neck, containing the heart and lungs.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The space bounded by the abdominal walls, diaphragm, and pelvis, containing most of the organs of digestion, the spleen, the kidneys, and the adrenal glands.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The space bounded by the bones of the pelvis and pelvic girdle.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The space between the diaphragm and the groin. There is no structurally distinct separation between the abdomen and pelvic regions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Relating to the top part of the spine that is composed of the seven vertebrae of the neck and the disks that separate them.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Pertaining to the back of the head.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Pertaining to the part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis.</p> Signup and view all the answers