Body Planes and Directional terms
History of Anatomy
Body Systems
Body Regions
Miscellaneous
100

Toward the Back

Posterior (Dorsal also acceptable)

100

Studied wounds of gladiators

Galen

100
Consists mainly of skeletal muscle

muscular system

100

carpals

wrist

100

toward the front

Ventral (anterior also acceptable)

200

Cranial

Toward the head

200

If  his work would have been published sooner medicine would be advanced by hundreds of years

Da Vinci

200

Picks up fluid leaked from blood vessels and returns it tot he blood

Lymphatic System

200

forehead

Frontal

200
Close to the origin of the body part or the point of attachment of a limb to the body trunk.

Proximal

300

Divides body into right and left portions

Sagittal Plane


(median also acceptable) 

300

During which timeframe did body snatching and anatomy murder began taking place?

The dark ages of anatomy

300

Covers the external surface of the body and manufactures vitamin D

Integumentary System

300

orbital

eye

300

Childbirth is what form of feedback

Positive feedback

400

divides body into inferior and superior portions

Transverse Plane


Horizontal plane also acceptable 

400

He is considered the father of anatomy.

Herphilus

400

The ovary is part of which two body systems

Reproductive and endocrine

400
popliteal

behind the knee

400

Operate in such a way that the initial stimulus is enhanced and increases

Positive Feedback systems

500
caudal

toward the tail

500

Published Fabrica

Versalius

500

The system that controls and coordinates  the body through hormones

Endocrine system

500

The ribs are located in which 2 regions?

Left and Right Hypochondriac

500

Which ventral cavity subdivision has no body protection?

abdominal

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