LINGUIST 3F03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Appendicular Skeleton, Coronal Plane, Axial Skeleton
27 Nov 2018
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Week 1 & 2: introduction to anatomy and physiology: anatomy terminology. Terminology of anatomy includes terms used to describe anatomical structures. Anatomical terms are derived from latin or greek roots. Anatomical position: body erect, palms, arms, and hands face forward. Axis: the imaginary midline around which the body pivots. Skeletons: the axial skeleton: head and trunk, spinal cord is axis, the appendicular skeleton: lower limbs, upper limbs. (mid-) saggittal plane: cut parallel to the medial plane and divides body into right and left halves: front of the head to the back (what the front is doing and what is the back is doing) Transverse plane: divides body into upper and lower halves. Coronal plane: divides body into front and back portions: goes from left ear to right ear (what the left side is doing and what the right side is doing) Sagittal section to view phonetic usage in the tongue (where all the parts of your tongue body is doing)
