Directional Terms
Toward the head,upper or above
What is superior?
The interior space in the front of the body.
What is ventral?
one layer of cells
what is simple?
A type of connective tissue that stores fat cells.
what is adipose?
Contracts and moves a body part.
What is muscle tissue?
Toward the feet, Lower,below
What is Inferior?
lengthwise plane that divides a structure into right and left sections.
what is the sagittal plane?
more than one layer of cells.
what is stratified?
White bands of connective tissue attaching skeletal muscle to bone to bone.
What are tendons?
Reacts to stimulation and conducts an impulse.
What is nervous tissue?
Toward the midline of a structure
What is Medial?
A sagittal plane that divides the body into two equal halves
what is midsagittal?
protects the body by covering internal and external surface.
what is epithelial tissue?
A strong, flexible bands of connective tissue that hold bone firmly together at the joints.
What is Ligaments?
striated, involuntary and contracts the heart.
what is cardiac?
Farther away from the body surface.
What is deep?
found within the rib cage in the torso.
What is thoracic cavity?
Examples of epithelial tissues
What is squamous, cuboid, columnar, Transitional
Firm, flexible support of the embryonic skeleton and part of the adult skeleton.
What is cartilage?
Are the fundamental units of the brain and nervous system.
what are Neurons?