Anatomical position

What is anatomical position and why is it important? It's the starting place for where we describe movement from in scientific terms and kinesiology.

The human body may be broken down into sections in terms of three anatomical planes (flat surfaces).[1] These three planes are imaginary lines passing through the body (in an anatomical position), which represent the dynamic planes of motion that the human body is capable of moving through.[2] This is a vertical plane running from front to back that divides the body or any of its parts into sinister (left) and dexter (right) sides. The two basic movements in the sagittal plane are flexion…

Anatomical position, or standard anatomical position, refers to the specific body orientation used when describing an individual s anatomy Learn with Osmosis

Anatomical position describes the orientation of a body or body parts. Learn the most common anatomical positions with this illustrated guide.

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Anterior view of anatomical position and the associated landmarks

Anatomical Positions