Anatomical Directions
Structural Levels
Body Planes/Sections
Body Cavities
Misc.
100
Toward the head/above or toward the feet/below.
What is superior or inferior.
100
The study of the structure of an organism and the relationships of its parts.
What is anatomy.
100
A section that divides the body into mirror images.
What is midsagittal.
100
The muscular sheet dividing the thoracic and abdominopelvic cavities.
What is the diaphragm.
100
Describes the body lying horizontally facing downward and then lying face upward.
What is prone and supine.
200
Toward the midline or toward the side.
What is medial and lateral.
200
A group of several different kinds of tissues arranged to act together as a unit to perform a specific function.
What is organs.
200
Divides the nose from back of head.
What is frontal.
200
Two major body cavities.
What is ventral and dorsal.
200
The study of body function.
What is physiology.
300
Toward the front and toward the back.
What is anterior and posterior.
300
An organization of various organs arranged to work together to perform complex functions for the body.
What is systems.
300
Divides the right ear from the left ear.
What is sagittal
300
Name the 3 regions (each themselves divided into three regions) that make up the subdivision of the abdominopelvic cavity.
What is upper, middle and lower.
300
The balance of body functions.
What is homeostatsis.
400
Near the surface of the body and farther from the surface of the body.
What is superficial and deep.
400
Smallest living unit of structure and function in the body.
What is cells.
400
Divides the body into upper and lower portions.
What is transverse.
400
These are considered dorsal cavities.
What is cranial and spinal.
400
Standard, neutral reference position for the body used to describe sites or motions of various body parts.
What is anatomical position.
500
Away from the trunk/point of origin and near the trunk or point of origin.
What is distal and proximal.
500
An organization of cells that act together to perform a common function.
What is tissues.
500
Another name for the frontal plane which runs from side to side, dividing the body into anterior and posterior portions.
What is coronal.
500
The abdominopelvic cavity, which is a ventral cavity, is divided into ____ quadrants and _____ regions.
What is 4 and 9, respectively.
500
The scientific study of disease.
What is pathology.
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