Anatomical Direction & Movement Terms
Across
- 1. Movement in the foot away the medial plane
- 3. describes a position closer to the surface of the body
- 4. Movement towards the midline on frontal plane
- 5. Movement forward on the saggital plane
- 12. describes a position below or lower than another part of the body
- 13. combination of flexion, abduction, extension, adduction
- 14. side to side movement on the frontal plane
- 15. decreasing the angle of the joint
- 18. palm facing down
- 21. Bringing the thumb in contact with the finger
- 22. Describes the back or direction toward the back of the body.
- 23. describes the middle or direction toward the middle of the body.
- 24. Movement in the foot toward the medial plane
- 26. Movement away from the midline on the frontal plane
- 27. Increasing the angle between the joint
- 28. extension of a limb or joint beyond its normal limits
Down
- 2. Movement backwards on the saggital plane
- 3. palm facing up
- 4. Describes the front or direction toward the front of the body.
- 6. Seperating the thumb from the fingers
- 7. Rotation towards the midline
- 8. describes a position in a limb that is nearer to the point of attachment or the trunk of the body.
- 9. Movement going inferior
- 10. describes a position above or higher than another part of the body
- 11. Pointing the toes towards the ground
- 16. Rotation away from the midline
- 17. describes a position farther from the surface of the body
- 19. describes a position in a limb that is farther from the point of attachment or the trunk of the body.
- 20. Pointing the toes up towards the head
- 25. describes the middle or direction away from the middle of the body
- 29. movement going superior