Vocabulary
Directional Terms
Body Systems
Major Organs?
Cavities
100
The study of the STRUCTURE of the human body.
What is anatomy?
100
The forehead is ________ to the chin.
What is superior?
100

The major function of this system is gas exchange.

What is respiratory system?

100
The heart and blood vessels.
What is cardiovascular system?
100

This cavity includes your heart, esophagus, and trachea. 

What is the Mediastinum?

200
The study of the FUNCTION of the human body.
What is physiology?
200
Muscles are _______ to the skin.
What is deep?
200

This systems uses chemical messengers to regulate your body.

What is endocrine system?

200
The major organ is skin.
What is integumentary system?
200

This cavity includes your cranial and vertebral canals

What is the dorsal cavity?

300

The process of keeping your body's internal sameness or normal conditions

What is Homeostasis?

300
The gluteus maximus is on the _______ side of the body.
What is posterior?
300

Hematopoeisis (production of blood cells) takes place in this body system.

What is skeletal system?

300
A major organ is the ureter.
What is urinary system?
300

This divides your thoracic cavity from your abdominal cavity.

What is the diaphragm?

400
A fluid made of mostly water and white blood cells.
What is lymph?
400
The patella (knee) is _______ to the femur (thighbone).
What is distal?
400

Your kidney and your spleen perform this common function.

What is filtering blood?

400

A major organ is the prostate.

What is the (male) reproductive system?

400

The cavities housing your lungs are known as this.

What is the pleural cavity?

500

Kati Mori collapsed because she was found to have this condition, relating to her sodium imbalance. 

What is hyponatremia?
hypo - below normal/low, natr - sodium, emia - presence in blood

500
The spine is _______ to the ribcage.
What is medial?
500
The nitrogenous waste that is removed from blood by the kidneys.
What is urea?
500
Major organ is the spleen.
What is lymphatic system?
500

Your ventral cavity is comprised of your thoracic cavity and this other major cavity.

What is your abdominopelvic cavity?

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