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Professor Hennessy
RS 210
27 August 2013
RS 210 ASSIGNMENT 1
SUPINE- lying down with the face up
PRONE- patient laying face down
CEPHALIC- of or relating to the head
CAUDAL- away from the head end or toward the lower part of a structure or the body
AXIAL- region consists of the head, neck and trunk. The axial region does not include
the arms and legs
RPO- right posterior oblique
LPO- left posterior oblique
RAO- right anterior oblique
ADDUCT- draw toward the midline
LAO-left anterior oblique
ABDUCT- movement of a body part away from the median plane
LATERAL- patient turned 900
CIRCUMDUCT- to move a limb in a circular manner
AP- anterior to posterior
FLEXION- Bending movement that decreases the angle between two parts
PA- posterior to anterior
Tangentials- skim a part to separate from part of body
EXTENSION- increases the angle between body parts
DECUBITUS- patient is lying down with the X-ray being taken parallel to the horizon
INVERT- to turn inward
VENTRAL DECUBITUS- frontside down with the X-ray being taken parallel to the
horizon
EVERT- to turn outward or turn inside out.
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