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Directional terms
Body Planes
Regional terms
Body Cavities
Misc.
100
This is another term used to describe the front of the body.
What is ventral?
100
This is the plane which divides the body into top and bottom sections.
What a the transverse plane?
100
This is the region of the armpit.
What is the axillary region?
100
This body cavity is well protected by bones.
What is the dorsal cavity?
100
This term applies when the body is maintaining stable conditions or equilibrium.
What is homeostasis?
200
In the limbs, this term describes the part closest to the attachment to the trunk.
What is proximal?
200
This is the plane which divides the body into left and right sections.
What is a sagittal plane?
200
This is the area of the neck.
What is the cervical region?
200
This cavity contains the brain.
What is the cranial cavity?
200
This level of organization describes groups of cells that work together.
What is the tissue level?
300
The feet are the most ____________ part of the body.
What is inferior?
300
This is the plane seperates the body into anterior and posterior sections.
What is a frontal plane?
300
This is a term that describes the groin.
What is the inquinal region?
300
This ventral cavity contains the digestive organs.
What is the abdominal cavity?
300
This is the most complex level of organization of life.
What is the organism?
400
The scapula are ____________ to the vertebral column.
What is lateral?
400
Nodding the head (as in "yes") occurs in this plane.
What is a sagittal plane?
400
Shin splints may cause pain to this region.
What is the crural region?
400
This part of the thoracic cavity contains the lungs.
What are the pleural cavities?
400
Temperature regulation is an example of this type of feedback mechanism.
What is negative feedback?
500
Visceral serous membranes are ________ than parietal membranes.
What is deeper?
500
A CAT scan looks at the body in sections along this plane.
What is transverse?
500
A distal hamstring strain may cause pain here.
What is the popliteal region?
500
The pericardial cavity is found within this part of the thoracic cavity.
What is the mediastinum?
500
Blood clotting is an example of this type of feedback mechanism.
What is positive feedback?