Directional Terms
Which term means on the back of the structure?
What is posterior.
What cavity contains the abdominal and pelvic cavities?
Which is the abdominopelvic cavity.
Which term means group of similar cells acting together to perform a similar function?
Which plane divides the body into equal right and left sections?
What is the midsagittal plane
Which term refers to the thigh?
What is femoral.
Which term means oriented toward or near the midline of the body?
What is the medial.
What is a hollow space and often contains organs and other structures and is often filled with fluid?
What is a body cavity.
Which term refers to the armpit?
What is axillary.
Which plane divides the body into anterior and posterior sections?
What is the frontal plane.
Please describe the anatomical position.
What is palms facing up. feet shoulder-length apart. toes pointing forward
Which term means situated below or toward the tail end?
What is inferior
Which cavity contains the reproductive and urinary organs?
What is pelvic.
Which term refers to the ribs?
What is costal.
Which plane divides the body into superior and inferior sections?
What is the transverse plane.
What are the two layers found in most serous membranes?
What is parietal and visceral
Where is the heart in relation to the vertebral column?
What is anterior.
What cavities in the ventral cavity subdivided into?
What is thoracic and abdominopelvic.
Which term is given to the uppermost central portion of the nine regions of the body?
What is epigastric.
What is another name for the midsagittal plane?
What is the "median plane".
Which term refers to the upper cheek?
What is zygomatic.
Which term means related to opposite sides of the body?
What is contralateral
Which cavities is in the dorsal cavity subdivided into?
What is cranial and spinal.
What term refers to the fingers or toes?
What is digital.
What plane divides the body into unequal left and right sections?
What is the sagittal plane.
Which term refers to the forearm?
What is the antebrachial.