ANAT1220 Lecture Notes - Spinal Nerve, Chiropractic, Vertical Plane
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Anatomical position: body standing upright, feet parallel, arms hanging by sides, palms & face directed forward, thumbs facing away from body. What is the purpose of anatomical position: body position providing point of reference that aids in describing structures, positioning & movements of the body! Front side towards front: posterior . Back side towards back: lateral away from midline, medial. Right (r) & left (l) sides of body. In reference to r & l of client not r & l of observer. Farther from trunk (away from attachment: proximal . Closer to truck (toward attachment: superior ( cranial, cephalic) . Above; at higher level; toward head: deep . Farther from body"s surface ( eg. close to bone: substitutions: ventral anterior, dorsal. Face downward position of the body; stomach lying: supine. Lying on back; face upward position of body: contralateral. Relating to r & l sides of body or of a body structure such as r & l.
