Unit 1 Lecture 1

palpation

feeling with firm pressure

percussion

tap sharply to detect resonation vibration

auscultation

listen to sounds emitted from organs

Acromion

Outward extension of the shoulder blade forming the point of the shoulder.

C7 spinous process

most prominent spinous process at base of neck

Triangle of Auscultation

Small, triangular gap between trapezius and latissimus dorsi muscles and rhomboid major

lliac crest

both sides, or "wings" of pelvis

trunk

thorax, back, abdominopelvic

upper limb

shoulder, axilla, arm, forearm, hand

lower limb

gluteal, thigh, leg, foot

two main regions of the body

axial and appendicular

axial

head, neck, trunk

appendicular

upper and lower limbs

arm

brachium

forearm

antebrachium

axilla

armpit

manus

hand

pes

foot

crural

leg

coronal plane

front and back

transverse plane

horizontal division of the body into upper and lower portions

sagittal plane

divides body into left and right

anatomical position

hands at sides, palms forward

anterior

towards the front

posterior

towards the back

inferior

closer to the bottom

superior

closer to the top of the head

medial

closer to the midline

lateral

further away from the midline

proximal

closer to the site of attachment

distal

further away from the site of attachment

cranial

closer to the head

caudal

further away from the head

superficial

close to the surface, closer to the skin than other parts

deep

deeper in body

fascia

layer of tissue somewhere in body

superficial fascia

loose, fatty

deep fascia

thin, fibrous, no fat

cutaneous

anything associated with skin

ipsilateral

the same side of the body

contralateral

the opposite side of the body

unilateral

one side of the body

bilateral

both sides of the body