Body Planes
Region
Body Directions
Body Cavities
Body Movement
100
Divides the left side from the right side
What is sagittal
100
This region is found between the lumbar and coccyx
What is sacrum
100
The diaphragm muscle that separates the thoracic and abdominal cavities is this to the patella.
What is superior
100
The heart muscle is located here.
What is thoracic or pericardial
100
The wrist draws closer to the shoulder
What is flexion
200
This plane can form an X across the body
What is oblique
200
The chest muscle deep to the mammary gland is also known as this muscle
What is pectoral
200
The knee is this to the sternum
What is inferior or lateral
200
Vision is coordinated in the occipital lobe of the brain and is found in this cavity.
What is cranial
200
A backstroke swimmer does this with their arms
What is circumduction
300
A cut that divides a body from anterior to posterior
What is frontal
300
The sternal region covers this major organ
What is heart
300
The elbow is this to the hand
What is proximal
300
The spinal cord is connected to the brain and housed in this cavity
What is vertebral
300
The hand performs this movement when hitch hiking.
What is supination
400
The plane that cuts the body into superior and inferior parts
What is transverse
400
The pyloric sphincter valve is found in this region
What is abdominal
400
The eyes are this to the brain
What is superficial
400
The lungs are found in this cavity
What is pleural
400
The movement of a ballet dancer's foot to stand on her toes is called this.
What is plantar flexion
500
A vertical plane that divides the body in unequal halves side to side
What is parasagittal
500
Three organs found in the thoracic region
What are lungs, heart, trachea or esophagus
500
The three joints in the arm are the shoulder, elbow and wrist. Anatomically place them correctly using the terms distal and proximal
What is Elbow is distal to the shoulder and wrist is distal to the elbow.
500
Name all the anterior body cavities.
What are pericardal, pleural, medastinum, thoracic, abdominal and pelvic
500
These movements are expressed when a person windmills their arms, turn their heads and move their feet in and up and down motion.
What are circumduction, rotation, plantar flexion and dorsiflexion
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