Anotmy terms

1. ANATOMY
M NOUMAN

2. PLANES OF BODY

3.  Median plane
This is the vertical plane that cut body into right and left part.
 Coronal plane
This is vertical side to side plane that is right angle to median plane.it is also called
frontal plane.
It cut the body into dorsal and ventral section.
 Transverse plane
It is a horizontal plane that cut the body into upper and lower section.

5. TERMS OF POSITION

7. TERMS OF MOVEMENT

8. FLEXION AND EXTENSION
 Flexion refers to decreasing a joint angle.
 Extension to increasing the joint angle back to resting anatomical position.

11. ABDUCTION AND ADDUCTION
 Abduction is motion of a limb or appendage away from the midline of the body
 Adduction movement of a limb toward the median plane of the body.

13. SUPINATION AND PRONATION
 Supination is the rotation of the forearm and hand so that the palm faces forward or
upward.
 Pronation is the rotation of the hand and forearm so that the palm faces backwards or
downwards

15. INVERSION AND EVERSION
 Inversion is the movement of the sole towards the median plane.
 Eversion is the movement in which the foot rotates so the sole faces away from the midline
of the body.

17. ELEVATION AND DEPRESSION
 Elevation is movement in a superior direction.
 Depression is the downward movement.

18. PROTRACTION AND RETRACTION
 Protraction is movement of a body part in the anterior direction, i.e. being drawn forwards.
 Retraction is the movement of a body part in the posterior direction, i.e. being drawn
backwards

21. OPPOSITION AND REPOSITION
 Opposition is defined as positioning something near or close to each other.
 Reposition is the opposite action of opposition.

23. TERMS OF LATERALITY

24.  UNILATERAL
Any structure or organ occurring only one side of body.
Example : spleen
 BILATERAL
Those structure or organs present on both sides of body
Example : ears are bilateral organs
 IPSILATERAL
This term refers to a structure occurring on same side of body as another structure.
Example : right hand and right foot are ipsilateral
 CONTRALATERAL
This term refers to a structure occurring on opposite side of body with reference to another
structure.
Example : right hand is contralateral to left hand