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Closer to head or higher
What is Superior
The armpit
What is the axillary region?
Cuts precisely down the middle
What is misfits
Detects a change
What is a receptor
Contains the trachea
What is the respiratory system
The location of the knee compared to the foot
What is proximal
The anterior knee
What is patellar
Separates front half from back half
What is frontal or coronal
From control center to effector
What is the efferent pathway
Creates movement, generates heat
What is the muscular system
Closer to the back side
What is posterior
The chest
What is the thoracic region
Perpendicular to the longitudinal axis
Transverse
Causes a response to a stimulus
What is an effector
Contains the thyroid and adrenal glands
What is the endocrine system
The heart in relation to the sternum
What is deep
The anterior elbow
What is the antecubital region
Separate left side from right side
Median or midsaggital
Shuts off or reduces a stimulus
What is a negative feedback response
The ovaries belong to these two organ systems
What are the endocrine and reproductive systems
Sacral region in relation to the occipital
What is inferior
Contains the external genitalia
What is the pubic region
Separates into superior and inferior halves
Transverse or cross section
Two examples of positive feedback mechanisms
Blood clotting and childbirth
Responsible for hematopoiesis
What is the skeletal system