Directions
This directional term means toward the head or upper part of the body.
What is superior?
This plane divides the body into left and right portions.
What is the sagittal plane?
This abdominal region is located in the center of the abdomen, around the belly button.
What is the umbilical region
Cavity that is most superior: contains the brain
What is cranial cavity
The study of structure
What is anatomy
This term means toward the front of the body.
What is anterior
This plane divides the body into anterior and posterior portions.
What is the frontal plane?
This region is located in the upper medial region of the abdomen, between the right and left lung regions.
What is the epigastric region
Is made up of 2 divisions
Cranial
Vertebral
What is dorsal cavity
9 Levels of Organization from least to most complex
What is- atom, molecule, macromolecule, organelles, cell, tissue, organs, organ systems, organisms
The nose is this direction relative to the ears.
What is medial
This plane divides the body into superior and inferior portions.
What is the transverse plane?
What is the lumbar regions
Cavity that contains the lungs
What is Pleural cavity
Increases the actions of the body
Produces more instability in the body
There are only a few that are necessary for our survival
Short-lived
Ex. blood clotting & child birth
What is a positive feedback loop
The skin is this direction relative to the bones and muscles.
What is superficial
If you cut a person directly down the middle from head to toe, creating equal left and right halves
What is the midsagittal plane?
This region is found on the right and left lower abdomen.
What is iliac region
Contains the liver
What is Abdominal cavity
5 things we need to live
What is
Water
Food
Oxygen
Heat
Pressure
The right leg and the left arm are what from eachother.
What is contralateral
A surgeon wants to view the body as if it were divided into front and back sections. Which anatomical plane would provide this view?
What is the frontal plane?
Starting at the top and moving down the middle column, name the three abdominal regions in order.
What are the epigastric, umbilical, and hypogastric regions
Separates the thoracic and the abdominal cavities
11 organ systems
What is
. Skeletal system
2. Nervous system
3. Respiratory system
4. Integumentary system
5. Digestive system
6. Lymphatic Immune system
7. Reproductive system
8. Muscular system
9. Endocrine system
10. Urinary system
11. Cardiovascular system