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Regional Terms 2.0
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

The ears are ___________ to the nose.

What is the lateral?

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

The vertebral column is _________ to the sternal region

What is posterior?

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

A paper cut is a ___________ wound, while a puncture is deep.

What is superficial?

300
This is the most complex level of organization of life.
What is the organism?
400

The vertebral column is  ____________ to the ear.

What is medial?

400

A sagittal plane that cuts a body right down the midline.

What is a mid-sagittal or median plane?

400

The __________ region is the anterior part of the knee.

What is the patellar region?

400

The posterior side of the elbow is the _______________ region.

What is olecranal?

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

The heart is ________ than the skin.

What is deeper?

500
A CAT scan looks at the body in sections along this plane.
What is transverse?
500

Pain in the arm can be described as pain in what region?

What is the brachial region?

500

The __________ region contains the buccal, orbital, oral, occipital and nasal regions.

What is the cephalic region?

500

Pregnancy is an example of this type of feedback mechanism.

What is positive feedback?