Regional Terms
Direction
Term
Body
Cavities
Organ Systems
Body Planes
100

This term refers the the foot.

What is pedal?

100

Your bones are this in relation to your skin.

What is deep


100

This body cavity contains the brain.

What is Cranial?

100

This organ system serves as a physical barrierto protect internal organs.

What is integumentary? 

100

This body plane divides the body into left and right sides.

What is Saggital?

200

This term refers to the knee cap.

What is patellar?

200

The thoracic cavity is this in relation to abdominal cavity.

What is superior?
200

This body cavity contains the lungs.


What is the Thoracic cavity?

200

This organ system carries electrical impulses through the body to control muscle glands.

What is the nervous system?

200

This body plane divides the body into superior and inferior.

What is transverse?

300

This term means armpit.

What is axillary?

300

In relation to your thoracic cavity, your spinal cavity is this.

What is Posterior?

300

This body cavity contains the urinary bladder.

What is the Pelvic Cavity?


300

This organ system prevents and minimizes infection.

What is the lymphatic system?

300

This body plane divides the body into anterior and posterior.

What is Frontal?

400

This term means ear.

What is Otic?

400

When compared to your sternum, your shoulders are this? 

What is Lateral?


400

This body cavity contains the liver.

What is the abdominal cavity?

400

This organ system transports oxygen, nutrients, hormones, and waste.

What is the cardiovascular system?

400

The transverse plane creates these 2 sides.

What is Superior and Inferior?

500

This term means back of head.

What is Occipital?

500

The end of your thigh bone at your hip is considered this when compared to the end closest to your knee.

What is Proximal?

500

This body cavity contains the esophagus.

What is the Thoracic Cavity?

500

This organ system produces hormones that regulate a variety of body functions.

What is endocrine?

500

The frontal plane creates these two sides.

What is anterior and posterior?

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