ANATOMICAL TERMINOLOGY

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ANATOMICAL TERMINOLOGY

- Terminology applied to Body Parts

- Terminology of Reference

- Planes - Direction - Movement

Terminology applied to Body Parts

Fascia Sella Turcica

EPONYM

Circle of Willis

Anterior Communicating

Internal Carotid

Posterior Communicating

Basilar

Vertebral

collateral circulation

(Thomas Willis)

EPONYM

Eustachian tube

auditory tube

(Bartolomeo Eustachi)

EPONYM

Fallopian tube

uterine tube

(Gabriele Falloppio)

Nomina Anatomica (1895)

- Eliminate eponyms- Translate Latin into vernacular

ligamentum inguinale reflexum

reflected inguinal ligament

Gimbernat’s ligament

Terminology of Reference

- Planes - Direction

- Movement

ANATOMICAL POSITION

PLANES OF SECTION

sagittal

coronal

transverse

Median Sagittal MRI

Median Sagittal MRI

Coronal MRI

Transverse CT

Transverse MRITransverse MRI

Horizontal MRI

Longitudinal

Terms of Direction

Paired as Opposites

Superior - InferiorAnterior - PosteriorMedial - LateralProximal - DistalSuperficial - Deep

Special Dental Terms

Mesial - DistalLabial - LingualBuccal - Lingual

Lateral

Medial Proximal Distal

Lateral

Posterioror

Dorsal

Anterioror

Ventral

Medial Proximal Distal

Superioror

Cranial

Inferioror

Caudal

Palmar & Plantar

Palmar

Plantar

Dorsal

SuperficialSuperficial Deep

Special Dental Terms

mesial

distal

lingual

labial

buccal

Terms of Movement

Six Categories – Four in Opposition

Flexion - ExtensionAbduction - AdductionMedial Rotation - Lateral RotationInversion - Eversion

CircumductionOpposition

Flexion - decrease angle

Extension - increase angle

Abduction - away from midline

Adduction - toward the midline

Medial Rotation - anterior surface faces medially

Lateral Rotation - anterior surface faces laterally

Supination - anterior surface faces anteriorly or superiorly

Pronation -anterior surface faces posteriorly or inferiorly

Eversion - sole faces laterally

Inversion - sole faces medially

Circumduction

- combination of flexion, abduction, extension and adduction in sequence

Opposition (of Thumb)

- combination of flexion, abduction, and medial rotation in sequence

Movement (of Thumb)

- flexion & extension- adduction & abduction

Fully Opposable Thumb

- perhaps more important than you might think!

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