Body Cavities
The cavity that contains the stomach.
What's the abdominal cavity?
Transports oxygen to all the tissues of the body.
What is the cardiovascular system?
Divides the body into front and back halves.
What is the coronal plane?
Front of the knee
What is the patellar region?
Toward the surface
What is superficial?
This muscle separates the thoracic and abdominal cavities.
What is the diaphragm?
Converts food molecules into forms that are absorbed by the body.
What is the digestive system?
Plane dividing the body into right and left halves.
What is the sagittal plane?
Wrist
What is the carpal region?
Further away from the point of attachment
What is distal?
The cavity that contains the lungs and heart.
What is the thoracic cavity?
Stimulates the muscles to contract.
What is the nervous system?
Divides the body into top and bottom.
What is the transverse plane?
Lower back
What is the lumbar region?
Away from the midline
What is lateral?
This cavity contains the female reproductive organs.
What is the pelvic cavity?
What is the lymphatic system?
What is the difference between anatomy and physiology?
Anatomy is the structure and location.
Physiology is the function.
Back of the knee
What is the popliteal region?
Below; towards the feet
What is inferior?
The cavity that contains the spinal chord.
What's the vertebral canal?
The only system that is different for males and females.
What is the reproductive system?
Describe the body's anatomical position.
Standing upright on two feet
Facing forward
Palms facing forward with thumbs pointing away from body
Feet flat on ground or slightly on toes
Neck
What is cervical region?
In front of
What is anterior?