{"id":989,"date":"2018-08-05T02:07:32","date_gmt":"2018-08-05T02:07:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/integrativewellnessandmovement.com\/iwmbasicscience\/?p=989"},"modified":"2018-09-05T22:47:59","modified_gmt":"2018-09-05T22:47:59","slug":"medical-terminology-anatomicalposition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/integrativewellnessandmovement.com\/iwmbasicscience\/medicalerminology\/medical-terminology-anatomicalposition\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical Terminology: Anatomical Position"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.integrativewellnessandmovement.com\/iwmstudentresources\/MedicalTerminology-anatomicalposition.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download this worksheet here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Cephalic<\/strong>: head<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cervical<\/strong>: neck<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cranial<\/strong>: skull<\/li>\n<li><strong>Facial<\/strong>: face<\/li>\n<li><strong>Frontal<\/strong>: forehead<\/li>\n<li><strong>Temporal<\/strong>: temples<\/li>\n<li><strong>Orbital<\/strong> or ocular: eye<\/li>\n<li><strong>Otic<\/strong>: ear<\/li>\n<li><strong>Buccal<\/strong>: cheek<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nasal<\/strong>: nose<\/li>\n<li><strong>Oral<\/strong>:\u00a0 mouth<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mental<\/strong>: chin<\/li>\n<li><strong>Thoracic<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Abdominal<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Pelvic<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Axillary<\/strong>: armpit<\/li>\n<li><strong>Brachial<\/strong>: arm<\/li>\n<li><strong>Antebrachial<\/strong>: forearm<\/li>\n<li><strong>Carpal<\/strong>: wrist<\/li>\n<li><strong>Palmar<\/strong> or <strong>volar<\/strong>: palm<\/li>\n<li><strong>Digital<\/strong> or <strong>phalangeal<\/strong>: fingers or toes<\/li>\n<li><strong>Femoral<\/strong>: thigh<\/li>\n<li><strong>Patellar<\/strong>: anterior surface of knee<\/li>\n<li><strong>Crural<\/strong>: leg<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tarsal<\/strong>: ankle<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pedal<\/strong>: foot<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sternal<\/strong>: breastbone<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mammary<\/strong>: breast<\/li>\n<li><strong>Umbilical<\/strong>: navel<\/li>\n<li><strong>Coxal<\/strong>: hip<\/li>\n<li><strong>Inguinal<\/strong>: groin<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pollex<\/strong>: thumb<\/li>\n<li><strong>Manual<\/strong>: hand<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dorsum<\/strong>: top of foot<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hallux<\/strong>: great toe<\/li>\n<li><strong>Occipital<\/strong>: base of skull<\/li>\n<li><strong>Acromial<\/strong>: shoulder<\/li>\n<li><strong>Scapular<\/strong>: shoulder blade<\/li>\n<li><strong>Vertebral<\/strong>: spinal column<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sacral<\/strong>: between hips<\/li>\n<li><strong>Coccygeal<\/strong>: tailbone<\/li>\n<li><strong>Gluteal<\/strong>: buttok<\/li>\n<li><strong>Perineal<\/strong>: region between anus and external genitals<\/li>\n<li><strong>Popliteal<\/strong>: hollow behind knee<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sural<\/strong>: calf<\/li>\n<li><strong>Plantar<\/strong>: sole<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lumbar<\/strong>: loin<\/li>\n<li><strong>Calcaneal<\/strong>: heel<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dorsum<\/strong>: back of hand<\/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. Cephalic: head Cervical: neck Cranial: skull Facial: face Frontal: forehead Temporal: temples Orbital or ocular: eye Otic: ear Buccal: cheek Nasal: nose Oral:\u00a0 mouth Mental: chin Thoracic Abdominal Pelvic Axillary: armpit Brachial: arm Antebrachial: forearm Carpal: wrist Palmar or volar: palm Digital or phalangeal: fingers or toes Femoral: thigh Patellar: anterior [&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-989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-medicalerminology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/integrativewellnessandmovement.com\/iwmbasicscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/989","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=989"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/integrativewellnessandmovement.com\/iwmbasicscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/989\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1348,"href":"https:\/\/integrativewellnessandmovement.com\/iwmbasicscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/989\/revisions\/1348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/integrativewellnessandmovement.com\/iwmbasicscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/integrativewellnessandmovement.com\/iwmbasicscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/integrativewellnessandmovement.com\/iwmbasicscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}