{"id":539,"date":"2020-11-13T00:25:31","date_gmt":"2020-11-13T00:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/?p=539"},"modified":"2020-11-13T07:15:46","modified_gmt":"2020-11-13T07:15:46","slug":"anatomical-terms-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/?p=539","title":{"rendered":"Anatomical Terms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2>Directional terms<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/anatomyandphysiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/142\/2016\/03\/108_Directional_Terms.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Directional terms describe the positions of structures relative to other structures or locations in the body.   Directional terms are used solely for comparison. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Superior or cranial &#8211; toward the head end of the body; upper (example, the hand is part of the superior extremity).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Inferior or caudal &#8211; away from the head; lower (example, the foot is part of the inferior extremity).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anterior or ventral &#8211; front (example, the kneecap is located on the anterior side of the leg).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Posterior or dorsal &#8211; back (example, the shoulder blades are located on the posterior side of the body).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Medial &#8211; toward the midline of the body (example, the middle toe is located at the medial side of the foot).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lateral &#8211; away from the midline of the body (example, the little toe is located at the lateral side of the foot).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Proximal &#8211; toward or nearest the trunk or the point of origin of a part (example, the proximal end of the femur joins with the pelvic bone).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Distal &#8211; away from or farthest from the trunk or the point or origin of a part (example, the hand is located at the distal end of the forearm).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Planes of the Body<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Imagine being able to cut a human body in half.   This type of thing is done all the time with medical images (x-ray, CT, MRI, ultrasound, etc.).  It&#8217;s not enough to say that the image one half of the body, but which half depends on the view point of the image.  The viewpoints are called planes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"250\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/planes.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-540\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Coronal Plane (Frontal Plane) &#8211; A vertical plane running from side to side; divides the body or any of its parts into anterior and posterior portions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sagittal Plane (Lateral Plane) &#8211; A vertical plane running from front to back; divides the body or any of its parts into right and left sides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Axial Plane (Transverse Plane) &#8211; A horizontal plane; divides the body or any of its parts into upper and lower parts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Median plane &#8211; Sagittal plane through the midline of the body; divides the body or any of its parts into right and left halves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Directional terms Directional terms describe the positions of structures relative to other structures or locations in the body. Directional terms are used solely for comparison. Superior or cranial &#8211; toward the head end of the body; upper (example, the hand is part of the superior extremity). Inferior or caudal &#8211; away from the head; lower [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[27,23],"tags":[69,73,70],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=539"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":541,"href":"https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539\/revisions\/541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}