Skeletal System

Muscular System

Anatomical Terminology
Abduction
Adduction
Anatomy
Anterior
Circumduction
Deep
Depression
Distal
Dorsiflexion
Elevation
Eversion
Extension
Flexion
Inferior
Inversion
Lateral
Medial
Physiology
Plantarflexion
Posterior
Pronation
Protraction
Proximal
Retraction
Rotation
Superficial
Superior
Supination

Movement away from the midline of the body

Movement towards the midline of the body
Is the study of the structures that make up the human body
On the front of the body, or nearer to the front
Describing a circular movement of a joint
Away from the surface of the body
Downward movement of the shoulders
Further away from the attachment point of the limb to the
body or the midline of the body
Pulling the foot upwards towards your shin
Upwards movement of the shoulders
Turning the soles of the feet outwards
Increase in the angle of the joint between two bones
Decrease in the angle of the joint between two bones
Away from the head or the lower part of a structure
Turning the soles of the feet inwards
Towards the outside of the body or away from the midline
Towards the middle, or midline, of the body
Is the study of how the structures of the body function
Pushing the sole of the foot downwards
At the back of the body, or nearer to the back
Movement of the forearm so that the palm of the hand is
facing down
Pushing the shoulders forwards
Closer to the attachment point of the limb to the body or the
midline of the body
Pushing the shoulders backwards
Moving a limb around its central axis
On the surface of the body or close to it
Towards the head or the upper part of a structure
Movement of the forearm so that the palm of the hand is
facing up