Intro Anatomy (prereqs)

PT 601

sagittal / median plane

vertical plane dividing body into left and right

frontal / coronal plane

vertical plane dividing body into front and back

transverse / horizontal plane

horizontal plane dividing body into upper and lower

ventral

anterior

dorsal

posterior

cranial

superior

caudal

inferior

bone crest

ridge

bone epicondyle

eminence superior to a condyle

bone facet

smooth flat area where a bone articulates with another boen

bone foramen

passing through a bone

bone fossa

hollow or depressed area

bone groove

elongated depression or furrow

bone line

linear elevation

bone malleolus

rounded process

bone notch

indentation at the edge of a bone

bone protuberance

projection of bone

bone spine

thorn-like process

spinous process

projecting spine-like part

trochanter

large blunt elevation

trochlea

spool-like articular process that acts as a pulley

tubercle

small raised eminence

tuberosity

large rounded elevation

fasciculi

collection of nerve fibers enclosed by a perineurium

ganglion

collection of neurons in the PNS

ventral root of spinal nerve

motor or efferent fibers

dorsal root of spinal nerve

sensory or afferent fibers