Intro to Anatomical Terminology + Osteology

Label

Supine vs Prone

Supine - facing upwards (on back)

Prone - downwards (stomach, think plank)

Whats another term for superior/inferior

Rostral/cranial vs caudal

Whats another term for anterion/posterior

Ventral vs dorsal

What are the abduction and adduction called in wrist movements

Abduction - Radial deviation

Adduction - Ulnar deviation

5 functions of skeleton

• Movement

• Protection

• Support

• Haematopoiesis

• Mineral homeostasis

5 types of bone

• Long - e.g. humerus

• Short - e.g. carpals

• Flat - e.g. parietal bone

• Irregular - e.g. vertebra

• Sesamoid - e.g. patella

Whats the epiphysis of a long bone

the ends of long bones, which develop from secondary ossification centres

Whats the epiphysial plate

site of growth in length, contains cartilage in actively growing bones

(i.e. children)

whats the metaphysis

site where the bone’s shaft joins the epiphysis and epiphyseal plate

Whats the diaphysis

the shaft of a long bone, which represents the primary ossification centre

and the site where growth in width occurs

Which xray is adult and which is child? Why?

Left adult, right child. On thr child one you can see the growth plates (NOT a fracture)