Anatomical Terminology

rostral

What is the red star?

caudal

What is the orange star?

cranial

What is the light blue star?

caudal

What is the dark blue star?

dorsal

What is the yellow star?

ventral

What is the green star?

cranial

What is the pink star?

caudal

What is the purple star?

dorsal

What is the black star?

palmar

What is the brown star?

proximal

What is the red square?

distal

What is the orange square?

dorsal

What is the yellow square?

plantar

What is the green square?

medial saggital plane

What is the light blue square?

transverse plane

What is the dark blue square?

dorsal plane

What is the pink square?

any plane parallel to the median plane split into unequal parts

What is a saggital plane?

the plane dividing the body into equal right and left halves

What is the median plane?

perpendicular to the long axis of an organ or part

Where is a transverse plane?

inward rotation

Pronation

outward rotation

Supination

toward the body

Flexion

straight out

Extension

overextension

Hyperextension

move a structure cranially or moves it away from the central body

Protraction

move a structure back toward the body

Retraction

a position in which the dorsal aspect of the body or extremity is uppermost

Prone

refers to the position in which the ventral aspect of the body or palmar or plantar aspect of an extremity is uppermost

Supine

lateral rotation of the appendage so that the palmar or plantar the surface of the paw faces medially

Supination

closer to the axis in question

Axial

farther from the axis in question

Abaxial

toward a body surface

Superficial

away from the body surface

Deep

moves the limb in the direction of the median plane toward the inside

Adduction

moves the limb away from the median plane toward the outside

Abduction

ability of a limb to draw a cone

Circumduction