Body Regions
This term means head region
What is cephalic?
This plane divides the body into left and right portions.
What is sagittal?
Toward the feet or lower part of the body.
What is inferior?
This region is located directly around the belly button.
What is the umbilical region?
This organelle is covered with ribosomes and helps make proteins.
What is rough endoplasmic reticulum?
This region refers to the ear
What is otic?
This plane divides the body into anterior and posterior portions.
What is coronal?
Farther away from the midline of the body.
What is lateral?
This region is located above the umbilical region.
What is the epigastric region?
These tiny finger-like projections increase a cell's surface area for absorption.
What are microvilli?
This is the region behind the knee.
What is popliteal?
This plane divides the body into superior and inferior portions.
What is transverse?
Closer to the point where a limb attaches to the body.
What is proximal?
These two regions are located on either side of the epigastric region.
What are the right and left hypochondriac regions?
This organelle is often called the "powerhouse" because it produces much of the cell's ATP.
What are mitochondria?
This is the armpit region.
What is axillary?
This plane divides the body into equal left and right halves.
What is midsagittal?
Lying on your back, face toward the ceiling.
What is supine?
This region is located below the umbilical region.
What is the hypogastric region?
These small membrane-bound structures can carry materials from the Golgi apparatus to other destinations.
What are secretory vesicles?
This region refers to the lower back.
What is lumbar?
A cut made at an angle that is not 90° to the other planes is called this.
What is oblique?
This term refers to structures that are closer to the skin.
What is superficial
These regions are located on either side of the umbilical region.
What are the right and left lumbar regions?
This structure is especially useful for moving mucus across the surface of respiratory cells?
What are cilia?