Directional Terms
Directional Terms 2
Anatomy and Physiology
Med Term
Miscellaneous
100
What is the term for "away from the longitudinal axis"?
What is lateral?
100
This is the standard, or basic, body position.
What is anatomical position?
100
What is physiology?
What is the study of how living things perform functions?
100
The prefixes a-, an- mean
What is no, not, without?
100
What plane is this?
Frontal or Coronal Plane
200
The head is _____________ (superior or inferior) to the neck.
What is superior?
200
The anatomical position, lying face up.
What is supine?
200
What type of feedback triggers a response that corrects the situation?
What is negative feedback?
200
Its the root word meaning heart
What is cardi?
200
What is this plane?
What is the midsagittal, medial, or sagittal line
300
Moving medially from the eyes, what structure do you come to?
What is the nose?
300
What position would someone be in if they were lying face down on the ground?
What is prone?
300
From smallest to largest, what are the living levels of organization within an organism?
What is cell, tissues, organs, organ systems, organism?
300
It means inflammation
What is -itis?
300
It is a diagonal and intersects the body between the three primary planes.
What is an oblique plane?
400
The fingers are ____________ (proximal or distal) to the hand.
What is distal?
400
The most superior cavity of the body.
What is the cranial cavity?
400
What is the difference between anatomy and physiology?
What is anatomy studies structures and physiology studies functions of structures?
400
What is the term for maintaining an internal environment?
What is homeostasis?
400
What plane is this?
What is transverse?
500
What is the term for "towards the point of attachment"?
What is proximal?
500
A very narrow cavity that is also part of the dorsal cavity.
What is the spinal cavity?
500
What structure in the human body divides the ventral cavity into the thoracic cavity and the abdominopelvic cavity?
What is the diaphragm?
500
These suffixes mean the same thing
-algia
-dynia
What is pain?
500
This organ helps the digestive system and works with the endocrine system to produce insulin to regulate blood glucose
What is the pancreas?