Anatomical terms of motion Anatomical terms of motion Motion, the process of movement, is described using specific anatomical terms. Motion includes movement of organs, joints, limbs, and specific sections of the body. The terminology used describes this motion according to its direction relative to the anatomical position of the joints. Anatomists use a unified set of terms to describe most of the movements, although other, more specialized terms are necessary for describing the uniqueness of the movements such as those of the hands, feet, and eyes. In general, motion is classified according to the anatomical plane it occurs in. "Flexion" and "extension" are examples
Ancient Egyptian anatomical studies the reign of the pharaoh, within which the book is known to have been written. Two individuals, Herophilus, and Erasistratus, both living within Alexandria and participating within the so-called School of Alexandria, both contributed to anatomical understanding and knowledge, as they began a practice of human dissection. Egyptian civilization was responsible for the advent of terms for external body parts, of all body parts practitioners were aware of, "metu", understood to refer to the heart, was central to ancient understandings of anatomy within relevant areas of Egypt. Knowledge of anatomical studies is drawn from papyri and ostraca, especially the Ebers,