Directional terms
Body Planes
Regional terms
Directional Terms 2
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 eyes.

What is the ocular region?

100

The abdominal region is ____________________ to the pelvic region.

What is the superior?

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 main body.

What is proximal?

200

What 2 planes divide the body into left and right sections.

What is a sagittal and medial plane?

200
This is the area of the neck.
What is the cervical region?
200

The nasal region is ____________________ to the oral region.

What is the superior cavity?

200

Cells come together to make what?

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 thigh.

What is the femoral region?

300

The skin is ____________________ to the muscle.

What is the superficial?

300

Tissues come together to make what?

Organs

400

The shoulder blades are ____________ to the spine.

What is lateral?

400

Nodding the head (as in "yes") occurs in this plane.

What is a median plane?

400

A torn bicep may cause pain to this region.

What is the brachial region?

400

The knuckles are _______ to the palmar region in anatomical position.

What is dorsal?

400
Temperature regulation is an example of this type of feedback mechanism.
What is negative feedback?
500

The basement epithelial tissues are ________ than apical tissues.

What is deeper?

500

If you were to remove the cranial region from an organism, what plane would I cut along?

What is transverse?

500

Name 2 regions distal to the tarsal area.

What is the plantar/pedal/digital/calcaneal region?

500

The antebrachial region is ______ to the shoulder

What is distal?

500

Increased hormone production during pregnancy is an example of this type of feedback mechanism.

What is positive feedback?