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Terminology
Common terms…
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Rehabiliation
– Process of getting a person back to his or her
normal level of function following an injury or
illness
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Modality
– A therapeutic method or agent, such as
surgery, chemotherapy, or electrotherapy,
that involves the physical treatment of a
disorder.
Common terms…
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Anatomy
– Study of the structure of the body (how the body is
put together)
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Physiology
– Study of the function of the body (how the body
works)
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Tendons
– Fibrous connective tissue around a joint that connects
muscle to bone
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Ligaments
– Fibrous connective tissue that connects bone to bone
In terms of the body…
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Anatomical position
– Standing posture with
the arms at the side
and the palms of the
hands facing forward
Planes of the body
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Frontal/Coronal Plane
– Separates the body
into front and back
halves
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Sagittal Plane
– Divides the body into
left and right halves
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Transverse Plane
– Divides the body into
top and bottom halves
Activity
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Take a minute
and draw (or
trace) a human
body in the
anatomical
position and
dissect it into the
three planes…
In terms of the body…
(Directional Terms)
Common medical terms of location will
help describe where an injury is located
on the athletes body
 Anterior vs Posterior
 Medial vs Lateral
 Proximal vs Distal
 Superior vs Inferior
 Superficial vs Deep
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Anterior vs Posterior
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Anterior/Ventral
– Refers to the front of the body
– Athlete was hit at the anterior aspect of the upper
leg…. Where was he hit?
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Posterior/Dorsal
– Refers to the back of the body
– Athletes indicates that the posterior side of his upper
leg is painful when running… What hurts?
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Which plane separates these two?
– Frontal/Coronal plane
Medial vs Lateral
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Medial
– Toward the midline of the
body
– Injury on the inside of his
knee
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Lateral
– Away from the midline of
the body
– Injury on the outside of the
knee
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Which plane would
separate these two?
– Sagittal plane
Proximal vs Distal
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Proximal
– Toward the attachment of a limb to the trunk
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Distal
– Away from the attachment of a limb
The
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shoulder is _______ to the elbow
knee is ________ to the hip
hip is _________ to the knee
elbow is ________ to the shoulder
Superior vs Inferior
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Superior
– One point or structure being higher than
another
– The knee is superior to the ___________
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Inferior
– One point, or structure, that is lower than
another
– The pelvis is inferior to the ____________
Superficial vs Deep
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Superficial
– Close to the body’s surface
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Deep
– Away from the body’s surface
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Which injury is worse?
– A superficial cut or a deep cut?
Activity
For each of the 5 pairs of directional
terms, make a poster that displays the
following:
 Definition of each term
 Example of each term
 Drawing of each term
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Anatomy terms
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Epiderms
– Most superficial layer of skin
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Dermis
– Layer just below the epidermis. Contains oil
glands, blood vessels, hair follicles, nerves
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Subcutaneous layer
– Fatty layer that insulates the body from
temperature changes and connects the skin to
the body
Anatomy terms cont…
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Axial Skeleton
– The bones of the body
that include the spine,
chest, and head
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Appendicular skeleton
– Bones of the
extremities:
shoulders, arms, legs,
feet, hands, and pelvs
Bone terminology
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Diaphysis
– The long straight shaft
of the long bone
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Epiphysis
– Expanded ends of the
long bone that is made
up of two condyloids
The End!