SEHS STUDY

Anatomical Position

Planes

Separate body

Axes

Describes Rotation

Coronal plane

Superior

Towards head

Inferior

Farther away from head

Anterior

Towards front

Posterior

Away from front

Proximal

Closer to body attachment

Distal

Farther from body attachment

Lateral

Farther from midline

Medial

Closer to midline

Internal

Farther from surface

External

Closer to surface

Intermediate

Between body parts (midline & Lateral)

Axial

Protection & support (Ex.skull, spine/vertebrae, ribs, sternum)

Appendicular

Movement, blood support, storage (everything else)

Long (Bone shapes)

Ex.Arms, legs

Short (Bone shape)

(Ex. Wrist and Ankles)

Flat (Bone shapes)

Ex. Skull and Sturnum

Irregular (Bone shape)

Ex.Spine

Frontal Bone (Skeletal system)

Maxilla (skeletal system)

Mandible (skeletal system)

Zygomatic (skeletal system)

Cranium (skeletal system)