Directional terms
Body Planes
Regional terms
Body Cavities
Regional Terms B
100
This is another term used to describe the front of the body.
What is ventral?
100
This is the plane which divides the body into top and bottom sections.
What a the transverse plane?
100
This is the region of the armpit.
What is the axillary region?
100

This body cavity is well protected by flat bones that form the skull

What is the cranial cavity?

100

knee

What is patellar region?

200
In the limbs, this term describes the part closest to the attachment to the trunk.
What is proximal?
200
This is the plane which divides the body into left and right sections.
What is a sagittal plane?
200
This is the area of the neck.
What is the cervical region?
200
This cavity contains the brain.
What is the cranial cavity?
200

ear region

What otic?

300
The feet are the most ____________ part of the body.
What is inferior?
300
This is the plane seperates the body into anterior and posterior sections.
What is a frontal plane?
300

This is a term that describes the hip.

What is the coxal region?

300

This ventral cavity contains the digestive organs.

What is the abdominal cavity?

300

lower arm / forearm

What is antebrachial?

400
The scapula are ____________ to the vertebral column.
What is lateral?
400
Nodding the head (as in "yes") occurs in this plane.
What is a sagittal plane?
400
Shin splints may cause pain to this region.
What is the crural region?
400
cavity containing spina cord

What is the vertebral cavity?

400

the lowest region of the anterior portion of the trunk/torso

What is pubic region?

500
Visceral serous membranes are ________ than parietal membranes.
What is deeper?
500

A CAT scan that looks at the brain from most superior to most inferior parts

What is transverse plane?

500
A distal hamstring strain may cause pain here.
What is the popliteal region?
500

The cavity containing the reproductive organs

What is the pelvic cavity?

500

the chin

What is mental?

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