terminology lecture2

Lecture 2
Some anatomical terms
1- Sagittal plane or the median: - it’s vertical
plane, which divided any body into, left and
right halves
2-coronal plane: - is vertical plane at right to
median
3- Transverse or horizontal plane: - it is any
plane at right angle to both
Related to these planes are the following paired points on anatomical position
* Medial: - closer to the midline of the body opposite to lateral
*lateral: - its point further from midline of the body
* Anterior: - mean the frontal surface of the body
example: - anterior teeth
* Posterior: - mean the far surface of the body example:
- posterior teeth
*superior: - mean the highest point of the body
*inferior: - mean the lowest point of body
The same word
Ventral =anterior
Dorsal = posterior
Cephalic = toward the head
Caudal = toward the tail
Upper jaw = maxilla
Lower jaw = mandible: - horseshoe shaped bone consist
of the body and ramus.
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Infection Control terms
Disease Conditions
Disease (pathological condition of the body, abnormal condition) manifests its presence
through symptoms (perceptible change in the body or body function), which
may be objective or subjective. Objective symptoms, also called signs, are
evidence observed by someone other than the patient, for example, edema
(swelling). Subjective symptoms are evidence of a disease as reported by the patient, for
example, odontalgia (toothache).
An assortment of signs and symptoms grouped together that characterize a disease is called a
syndrome (running together).
The study of disease is called pathology. Pathologists search for disease
etiology (cause of the disease). Symptoms and signs are used to form a
diagnosis (denoting name of disease), and a prognosis is a prediction about
the course of the disease.