Anatomical Direction & Movement Terms

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