Survival
Directional Terms
Regional Terms
Body Planes and Sections
Other
100

Your body takes this in through food and contain chemicals used for energy and cell building.

What are nutrients.

100

This term means the head end or upper part of a structure or the body; above.

What is superior (cranial or cephalad).

100

This term refers to the anterior body trunk inferior to ribs. 

What is the abdominal region.

100

This term means to cut along the lengthwise, or longitudinal, plane of the body, dividing the body into right and left parts.

What is sagittal plane. 

100

The term that means to maintain relatively stable internal conditions even though the outside world is continuously changing.

What is homeostasis.

200

Human cells can survive only a few minutes without this.

What is oxygen.

200
This term means toward or at the front of the body; in front of.

What is ventral (anterior).

200

This term refers to the nose area.

What is nasal.
200

This terms means to cutting along a horizontal plane, dividing the body or organ into superior and inferior parts.

What is transverse or cross section.

200

98.6 degrees Farenheit is considered this

What is "normal body temperature". 

300

If this drops, metabolic reactions become slower and slower and finally stop.

What is body temperature.

300
This term means close to the origin of the body part or the point of attachment of a limb to the body trunk.

What is proximal.

300

This term refers to thigh.

What is femoral.
300

This term means to cut along a lengthwise plane that divides the body or organ into anterior and posterior parts.

What is frontal or coronal section. 

300
This term refers to to a group of organs that work together to accomplish a common purpose. 
What is organ system. 
400

The force exerted on the surface of the body by the weight of air.

What is atmospheric pressure. 

400

This term means toward or at the body surface.

What is superficial. 

400

This term refers to the mouth.

What is oral.

400

This is a term for the imaginary line through the body

What is plane. 

500

This term means away from the body surface; more internal. 

What is deep. 

500

This term refers to breastbone area.

What is sternal.

500

This term is used as another way of saying to make a cut.

What is section. 

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