Terms
Systems
Body Terms
Abdominal Terms
Directional Terms
100
Near body surface
What is superficial?
100
Made up of bones
What is the skeletal system?
100
Chest cavity
What is thoracic?
100
Name of the four divisions of the abdomen
What are quadrants?
100
Front
What is anterior?
200
Toward side
What is lateral?
200
Kidney is part of this
What is the urinary system?
200
Cavity where brain is
What is cranial cavity?
200
Name of abdominal region just below the heart
What is epigastric?
200
Fingers are _______ to the elbow.
What is distal?
300
Basic unit and structure of the body
What is a cell?
300
Heart is part of this
What is cardiovascular or circulatory system?
300
Muscle that helps in breathing
What is the diaphragm?
300
Area around the belly button
What is umbilical?
300
Farther from body surface
What is deep?
400
This is made up of tissues
What is an organ?
400
Stomach is a part of this
What is the digestive system?
400
Contains reproductive organs
What is the pelvic cavity?
400
Description of where the appendix is located
What is RLQ? Right lower quadrant
400
The hip is _______ to the knee.
What is superior?
500
Glands and linings of the intestines
What are epithelial cells?
500
Another name for excretory system
What is urinary system?
500
Cavity that connects to the brain
What is the spinal cavity?
500
Cavity in front part of body that includes the abdomen
What is the ventral cavity?
500
Cuts the body in half horizontally
What is transverse?
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