Directional terms!!!

RE: Directional terms!!!

Nick Shackleton — Tue, 31 May 2016 20:11:58 GMT

My version of the milpledge bandage book had a great picture on the book. Not sure if it's still on there. Any ways, here's the link http://www.millpledge.com/PBCPPlayer.asp?ID=1443857

RE: Directional terms!!!

sarahkat — Tue, 31 May 2016 06:09:44 GMT

What really helped me as I am a visual learner. Don't laugh but I used my cat shaped door stop and sewed labels on it!!! It really worked for me. You will be glad to hear I have now cut the labels off

Good luck

RE: Directional terms!!!

Sal the 1st — Fri, 27 May 2016 07:54:25 GMT

ventro-dorsal , vd - I remembered it as vertebrae down -ie vertebrae closest the plate

RE: Directional terms!!!

Abby Brown — Wed, 25 May 2016 19:47:47 GMT

Thank you so much everybody this has all helped me a lot :)

RE: Directional terms!!!

Emmacampbell — Mon, 23 May 2016 17:11:34 GMT

For dorsal i think of a dolphins dorsal fin so I know that this is the back and therefore ventral is the belly

RE: Directional terms!!!

enigmaticat-uk — Mon, 23 May 2016 16:48:51 GMT

I guess the other part of this for doing xrays is that the first word used is where the xray hits first eg for a ventro-dorsal view of the abdomen - the xray beam needs to hit the ventrum (front/belly) first before the dorsum (back) so they need to be on their back with their belly up.

RE: Directional terms!!!

Emmacampbell — Mon, 23 May 2016 12:20:21 GMT

I don't know if it will help or not but the way I remember them is by word association. For example rostrel rhymes with nostril, towards the nose. Cranial sounds like cranium toward the head and distal sounds like distant so therefore is further away from the body on a limb. Proximal sounds like proximity which means close. Lateral rhymes with flat so used to remember this by them lying flat on their side.

silly wee things t like that but it worked for me

RE: Directional terms!!!

Abby Brown — Mon, 23 May 2016 08:57:16 GMT

Thank you! That's very useful and kind of you to help me !

But I think where I'm having trouble is understanding when the words are used ! So that when the vet asks me to put an animal in a certain position for an X-ray i understand him ! I think I need pictures !! Haha!

RE: Directional terms!!!

Arlo Guthrie — Mon, 23 May 2016 08:47:16 GMT

[quote user="Abby Brown"]This is my first post[/quote]

Welcome :)

[quote user="Abby Brown"]could anyone point me in the right direction so I can understand it[/quote]

Is this what you're after?

https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/nursing/w/vet-nurse-revision-2/anatomical-directions-key-notes.aspx

Methinks we need to illustrate this page!