Directional terms
Body Planes
Cavities
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Misc.
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 cavity contains the brain to the pelvis.

What is the ventral cavity?

100

The ears are ___________ to the nose.

What is the lateral?

100
This term applies when the body is maintaining stable conditions or equilibrium.
What is homeostasis?
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 cavity houses your cervix.

What is the abdominopelvic cavity?

200

The vertebral column is _________ to the sternal region

What is posterior?

200
This level of organization describes groups of cells that work together.
What is the tissue level?
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 cavity houses your lungs.

What is the plural cavity?

300

A paper cut is a ___________ wound, while a puncture is _____________.

What is superficial and deep? 

300
This is the most complex level of organization of life.
What is the organism?
400

The vertebral column is  ____________ to the ear.

What is medial?

400

A sagittal plane that cuts a body right down the midline.

What is a mid-sagittal or median plane?

400

This cavity houses your heart.

What is the paracardiac cavity?

400

The elbow __________ to the shoulder, while your fingers are _______. 

What is proximal and distal? 

400
Temperature regulation is an example of this type of feedback mechanism.
What is negative feedback?
500

The heart is ________ than the skin.

What is deeper?

500

This plane divides the body into left and right in unequal parts.

What is parasagittal plane?

500

This cavity is located above your plural and paracardiac cavities?

What is the superior mediastinum ?

500

The heart is _____________ to the sternum but ____________ribs.

What is posterior and anterior/posterior?

500

Pregnancy is an example of this type of feedback mechanism.

What is positive feedback?

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