Structure of the human body
The study of the parts of the body
what is anatomy
Upper or above something
What is superior
Away from the point of attachment to the body
What is distal
Divides the body into right and left parts
what is median or midsagittal/Sagital plane
Formed by the vertebrae of the spine and surrounds the spinal cord
What is spinal (vertebral) cavity
The function of the body
What is physiology
Lower or below something
What is inferior
Near the surface or outside the body
What is superficial (external)
Vertical cut at right angles to sagittal plane, divides the body into anterior and posterior portions
What is frontal (coronal) plane
The superior portion fo the abdominal pelvic cavity
What is abdominal cavity
Body standing erect with face and feet forward, arms at the side, palms forward
What is anatomical position
Toward the middle
What is medial
Inside the body
what is deep (internal)
Cross section a horizontal cut that divides the body into upper and lower parts
What is transverse plane
The pelvic cavity is surrounded by the pelvic bones
What is the pelvic cavity
Front or in front of
What is anterior or ventral
toward the side of the body
What is lateral
Imaginary lines drawn through the body at various parts to separate the body into sections
What is planes
Located in the posterior/dorsal surface of the body and surrounds the brain and the spinal cord
What is dorsal cavity
What the starting route of the cell sytems
What is Cells lead to tissues, tissues lead to organs, organs lead to systems.
Back or in back of
What is posterior or dorsal
Toward the point of attachment to the body or the trunk of the body
What is proximal
Cut made through the body in the direction of a certain plane
What is section
The bones of the skull create the cranial cavity to protect the brain
What is cranial cavity
What is an organism
It you it is me !!!