{"id":198,"date":"2018-07-29T21:34:03","date_gmt":"2018-07-29T21:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/integrativewellnessandmovement.com\/iwmbasicscience\/?p=198"},"modified":"2018-09-05T22:53:51","modified_gmt":"2018-09-05T22:53:51","slug":"medical-terminology-directionspositions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/integrativewellnessandmovement.com\/iwmbasicscience\/medicalerminology\/medical-terminology-directionspositions\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical Terminology: Directions and positions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.integrativewellnessandmovement.com\/iwmstudentresources\/MedicalTerminology-directionspositions.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download this worksheet here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>afferent<\/strong>: carry nerve impulses from receptors in periphery toward the CNS<\/li>\n<li><strong>anterior<\/strong>: in front of<\/li>\n<li><strong>asymmetrical<\/strong>: not the same on both sides<\/li>\n<li><strong>bilateral<\/strong>: present on both sides<\/li>\n<li><strong>contralateral<\/strong>: opposite sides<\/li>\n<li><strong>distal<\/strong>: farther\/further from<\/li>\n<li><strong>dorsal<\/strong>: back<\/li>\n<li><strong>efferent<\/strong>: carry nerve impulses away from CNS to effectors<\/li>\n<li><strong>inferior<\/strong>: below, lower<\/li>\n<li><strong>ipsilateral<\/strong>: same side<\/li>\n<li><strong>lateral<\/strong>: further away from midline<\/li>\n<li><strong>medial<\/strong>: closer to midline<\/li>\n<li><strong>posterior<\/strong>: in the back; back of<\/li>\n<li><strong>prone<\/strong>: lying, face down<\/li>\n<li><strong>proximal<\/strong>: closer to, nearer to<\/li>\n<li><strong>superior<\/strong>: higher than<\/li>\n<li><strong>supine<\/strong>: lying, face up<\/li>\n<li><strong>symmetrical<\/strong>: same on both sides<\/li>\n<li><strong>ventral<\/strong>: the front of<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Reference<\/p>\n<p>Bliven,\u00a0K. (2014, May 29).\u00a0<em>KINE 5003: Functional anatomy, terminology<\/em>\u00a0[PDF].<\/p>\n<p>Des Moines University, Matz,\u00a0D., &amp; Dyche,\u00a0W. (n.d.). Online Medical Terminology Course. Retrieved from https:\/\/www.dmu.edu\/medterms\/<\/p>\n<p>Jenkins,\u00a0G., &amp; Tortora,\u00a0G.\u00a0J. (2012).\u00a0<em>Anatomy and Physiology: From Science to Life, 3rd Edition International Stu<\/em>. John Wiley &amp; Sons.<\/p>\n<p><em>Medical Terminology<\/em>\u00a0[PDF]. (n.d.). Retrieved from http:\/\/samples.jbpub.com\/9780763779306\/Medical%20Terminology.pdf<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Download this worksheet here. afferent: carry nerve impulses from receptors in periphery toward the CNS anterior: in front of asymmetrical: not the same on both sides bilateral: present on both sides contralateral: opposite sides distal: farther\/further from dorsal: back efferent: carry nerve impulses away from CNS to effectors inferior: below, lower ipsilateral: same side lateral: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-medicalerminology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/integrativewellnessandmovement.com\/iwmbasicscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/integrativewellnessandmovement.com\/iwmbasicscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/integrativewellnessandmovement.com\/iwmbasicscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/integrativewellnessandmovement.com\/iwmbasicscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/integrativewellnessandmovement.com\/iwmbasicscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/integrativewellnessandmovement.com\/iwmbasicscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1352,"href":"https:\/\/integrativewellnessandmovement.com\/iwmbasicscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198\/revisions\/1352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/integrativewellnessandmovement.com\/iwmbasicscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/integrativewellnessandmovement.com\/iwmbasicscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/integrativewellnessandmovement.com\/iwmbasicscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}