Anatomical Terms for the Arm and Hand - Video Tutorials & Practice Problems

The Arm and Hand

Onward. Now, for terms for the hand and the arm. First up, we're gonna do a chrome, a chrome is your shoulder region. And in Greek Aros or Akron is the highest point. So the highest point of your arm is your acromial region, your shoulder. Now, I think it's interesting that the acropolis is the top of the hill in Athens. And that's where all those ancient ruins are in ancient Greece. The acropolis was where it was the center of religious and political life. So today we have Acropolis, the top of the hill, Achromia, top of the arm, your shoulder. Next up, we did this in a previous video. Axillary. You swing an ax, you see your armpit, armpit, axillary. Next we have Antibi. Antibi is the inside of the elbow, the soft spot of the elbow here. And in Latin anti means the front of something or before something. So when you're standing in anatomical position, anti before it's facing forward and cubit means elbow, you may have heard of the ancient measurement uh length, a cubit, a cubits from your elbow to the end of your arm. It's the same root it's used in the Bible. Now the back of the arm we said was electron. And you may be saying, wait, those words are completely different from each other. You're right electron. The head of the elbow comes from Greek Antecubital. The front of the elbow comes from Latin. Why anatomist couldn't just pick one language and make it easy. We'll never know, but we're all paying the consequences. All right. Next up, we have carpal, carpal is the wrist. You may have heard of carpal tunnel syndrome. You have a passage way through your wrist. That nerves go through called the carpal tunnel. If that gets inflamed or the nerves going through it, getting in gets inflamed from like using a computer, too much can be really painful. It's called carpal tunnel syndrome. Carpal is your wrist. Next, we have the manna. Manna is your hand. Now, manus and manual come from the same root. You do manual work with your hands, manus hand. Next, we have digital and digital is gonna be your fingers. Now, you probably realize digits are also numbers. Well, you count numbers on your fingers, 12345. And that's why they're the same terms. Next up, we have brach, I remember this one because I break my arm and brachial is your upper arm. It's this part of your arm. Hopefully you don't break your arm, but it's a good memory tool. Next, we have anti brachial anti bra. You remember anti means before something So this is going to be your forearm. You have brachial and anti brachial, your upper arm and your forearm. And then finally we have Pollock. Pollock is just the Latin for thumb. Now, I just remember that one because Pollock kind of sounds like politics and in politics, you might vote by giving something a thumbs up or a thumbs down. All right, with that. I think we just learned eight new terms. We are on our way. I'll see you in the next video.

Anatomical Terms for the Arm and Hand Example 1

So now we're gonna try and use those anomic terms that we just learned to identify four new body structures. So let's jump right in. First off, we have the digital nerves, give yourself a second to try and figure out where those might be. All right, digital nerves, the keyword of course is digital digits are numbers. You count numbers on your fingers. So fingers, 12345. So your digital region is your fingers. Next, we have the acromial artery. Give yourself a second to try and figure out that one. All right, a chrome artery, a blood vessel. Obviously, the key word is a chrome. We said a chromium comes from a Greek word that means the top of something. It's the top of your arm, your shoulder. So the acromial artery is gonna be in your shoulder. Next, we have the axillary main. Give yourself a second to try and figure out that one. All right, we said the axillary region, I like to say when I swing an ax, you can see my axillary region. So my axillary vein is in my armpit, axillary means armpit. And now finally, we have the lateral anti brachial nerve, give yourself a second for that one, right, lateral, anti brachial nerves. So lateral meant away from the midline. So it's gonna be towards the outside of the your body. What part of your body? The anti brachial region. So I remember I break my arm, my arm is my brachial region. Anti means before. So it's my forearm. So the lateral anti brachial nerve is probably running down the outside of my forearm. So with that, we have learned four new body structures based on an topical terms alone. And I'll see you in the next video.

When in anatomical position, the most lateral finger is the:

• A. Pollex
• B. Digital
• C. Metacarpal
• D. Carpal

Based on the anatomical terms, carpal tunnel syndrome is an injury of what area?

• A. Hand
• B. Elbow
• C. Wrist
• D. Shoulder

As a nurse, you've been asked to place an IV in the antecubital fossa. Where to you place the IV?

• A. Inside of the elbow
• B. Back of the hand
• C. Inside of the wrist
• D. The upper arm