Directional Terms
TRUE OR FALSE
Posterior is towards the front?
FALSE
In the thoracic cavity what does the plural cavities house?
THE LUNGS
This term splits the body in half horizontally?
TRANSVERSE
The location of this term is located on the shoulder blade?
ACROMIAL
What system consists of the brain and spinal cord?
NERVOUS SYSTEM
What is away from the midline?
LATERAL
The mediastimun contains the pericardial cavity which encloses WHAT?
THE HEART AND THORACIC ORGANS
This term splits the body into left and right regions?
SAGITTAL
The vertebral is located on this body part?
What 2 systems allow movement?
SKELETAL AND MUSCULAR
Is SUPERFICIAL towards or away from the surface?
TOWARDS
The abdominopelvic cavity is separated from the thoracic cavity by WHAT?
THE DIAPHRAGM
TRUE OR FALSE:
The frontal plane splits the body into anterior and posterior.
TRUE
This area houses the eye?
ORBITAL
What is the center most region?
Is SUPINE lying face upward or downward?
UPWARD
What is the synovial?
JOINT CAVITIES
TRUE OR FALSE
Body planes are utilized to measure the internal organ weights and chemicals?
FALSE
This area is located on the surface of the hand?
PALMAR
What system contains your lungs?
RESPIRATORY
What is towards the head or the top?
SUPERIOR
What is the cavity that houses the eye?
ORBITAL
TRUE OR FALSE:
Surgeons use these specific maps to locate where to operate precisely?
TRUE
This is the bone in the center of the chest?
STERNAL
Where do the right and left lumbar region lie in relation to the umbilical region?
LATERAL