ANATOMY
– IS A BROAD TERM WHICH INDICATES THE STUDY OF THE BODY, EITHER HUMAN, ANIMAL AND PLANT.
HUMAN ANATOMY
– STUDY OF THE PARTS THAT MAKE UP THE HUMAN BODY, WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON RELATIONSHIP.
GROSS ANATOMY
MACROSCOPIC
HISTOLOGY
MICROSCOPIC
EMBRYOLOGY
LIMITED TO THE CHANGES DURING INTRAUTERINE LIFE
REGIONAL OR TOPOGRAPHICAL ANATOMY
DISSECTION
SYSTEMATIC ANATOMY
ALL PARTS OF THE BODY , MADE UP OF SAME STRUCTURES AND OF RELATED FUNCTION ARE TAKEN INDIVIDUALLY AND AS A GROUP.
SYSTEM
A GROUP OF ORGANS SIMILAR IN ORIGIN AND STRUCTURE, UNITED TOGETHER IN THE PERFORMANCE OF A GIVEN FUNCTION.
ORGAN
A GROUP OF FUNDAMENTAL TISSUES BOUND TOGETHER IN THE PERFORMANCE OF GIVEN FUNCTION.
FUNDAMENTAL TISSUES
EPITHELIAL, CONNECTIVE TISSUES, MUSCULAR, NERVOUS AND VASCULAR.
SURFACE ANATOMY
DELINEATING ON THE EXTERNAL SURFACE OF THE BODY, THE RELATIVE POSITION OF ORGANS AND STRUCTURES FOUND INSIDE THE BODY.
RADIOGRAPHIC ANATOMY
STUDY OF NORMAL CONTOUR, LOCATION AND RELATION OF THE PARTS OF THE BODY PICTURED IN X-RAY PLATES.
APPLIED ANATOMY
APPLICATION OF THE KNOWLEDGE GAINED IN THE STUDY OF ANATOMY, TO THE ACTUAL PRACTICE OF MEDICINE.
BODY
ERECT IN STANDING POSITION, FEET AT THE SIDES
UPPER EXTREMITIES
AT THE SIDES OF THE BODY
PALM OF THE HAND
FACING FORWARD/ANTERIORLY
THUMB
DIRECTED AWAY FROM THE MEDIAN PLANED
PLANES
Used to define position of structures relative to each other in the body
MEDIAN SAGITTAL PLANE
THIS IS A VERTICAL PLANE PASSING THROUGH THE CENTER OF THE BODY, DIVIDING IT INTO EQUAL RIGHT AND LEFT HALVES.
CORONAL PLANES
THESE PLANES ARE IMAGINARY VERTICAL PLANES AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE MEDIAN PLANE.
HORIZONTAL, OR TRANSVERSE, PLANES
THESE PLANES ARE AT RIGHT ANGLES TO BOTH THE MEDIAN AND THE CORONAL PLANES
MEDIAL
CLOSER TO THE MEDIAN PLANE
LATERAL
–FURTHER FROM THE MEDIAN PLANE
SUPERIOR( CRANIAL)
TOWARDS THE HEAD OR UPPER PART OF THE BODY
INFERIOR( CAUDAL)
TOWARDS THE LOWER PART OF THE BODY
ANTERIOR ( VENTRAL)
TOWARDS THE FRONT PART OF THE BODY
POSTERIOR( DORSAL)
TOWARDS THE BACK PART OF THE BODY.
INTERIOR
CLOSER TO THE CENTRAL AXIS OF THE BODY
EXTERNAL
-CLOSER TO THE SURFACE OF THE BODY
PROXIMAL
REFERRING TO THE PARTS OF THE LIMBS THAT ARE CLOSER TO THE TRUNK.
DISTAL
- REFERRING TO THE PARTS OF THE LIMBS FARTHER FROM THE TRUNK
MIDDLE (MEDIUS)
BETWEEN THE ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR; INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL
Skeletal, Articulatory, Muscular
LOCOMOTOR SYSTEM (3)
OSTEOLOGY
INCLUDES THE BONES AND ASSOCIATED CARTILAGES AND MEMBRANES.
ARTHROLOGY
INCLUDES JOINTS OR ARTICULATIONS AND ASSOCIATED LIGAMENTS
MYOLOGY
INCLUDES ALL SKELETAL MUSCLES AND ASSOCIATED FASCIAE, SYNOVIAL SHEATHS, TENDONS AND SYNOVIAL BURSAE.
AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM
SYMPATHETIC AND PARASYMPATHETIC SYSTEMS
ORGANS OF SPECIAL SENSES
-HEARING, SIGHT, SMELL AND TASTE.
FLEXION
IS A MOVEMENT THAT TAKES PLACE IN A SAGITTAL PLANE. FOR EXAMPLE, FLEXION OF THE ELBOW JOINT APPROXIMATES THE ANTERIOR SURFACE OF THE FOREARM TO THE ANTERIOR SURFACE OF THE ARM. IT IS USUALLY AN ANTERIOR MOVEMENT, BUT IT IS OCCASIONALLY POSTERIOR, AS IN THE CASE OF THE KNEE JOINT
EXTENSION
MEANS STRAIGHTENING THE JOINT AND USUALLY TAKES PLACE IN A POSTERIOR DIRECTION.
LATERAL FLEXION
IS A MOVEMENT OF THE TRUNK IN THE CORONAL PLANE.
ABDUCTION
A MOVEMENT OF A LIMB AWAY FROM THE MIDLINE OF THE BODY IN THE CORONAL PLANE.
ADDUCTION
A MOVEMENT OF A LIMB TOWARD THE BODY IN THE CORONAL PLANE.
ROTATION
IS THE TERM APPLIED TO THE MOVEMENT OF A PART OF THE BODY AROUND ITS LONG AXIS.
MEDIAL ROTATION
IS THE MOVEMENT THAT RESULTS IN THE ANTERIOR SURFACE OF THE PART FACING MEDIALLY.
LATERAL ROTATION
IS THE MOVEMENT THAT RESULTS IN THE ANTERIOR SURFACE OF THE PART FACING LATERALLY
PRONATION OF THE FOREARM
IS A MEDIAL ROTATION OF THE FOREARM IN SUCH A MANNER THAT THE PALM OF THE HAND FACES POSTERIORLY.
SUPINATION OF THE FOREARM
IS A LATERAL ROTATION OF THE FOREARM FROM THE PRONATED POSITION SO THAT THE PALM OF THE HAND COMES TO FACE ANTERIORLY.
CIRCUMDUCTION
IS THE COMBINATION IN SEQUENCE OF THE MOVEMENTS OF FLEXION, EXTENSION, ABDUCTION, AND ADDUCTION.
PROTRACTION
IS TO MOVE FORWARD
RETRACTION
IS TO MOVE BACKWARD (USED TO DESCRIBE THE FORWARD AND BACKWARD MOVEMENT OF THE JAW AT THE TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINTS).
INVERSION
IS THE MOVEMENT OF THE FOOT SO THAT THE SOLE FACES IN A MEDIAL DIRECTION.
EVERSION
IS THE OPPOSITE MOVEMENT OF THE FOOT SO THAT THE SOLE FACES IN A LATERAL DIRECTION