Body Planes, Directions, and Cavities
Integumentary System
Skeletal and Muscular System
Central Nervous system
Sense Organs
100
THIS DIVIDES THE BODY INTO RIGHT AND LEFT SIDES
What is MIDSAGITTAL OR MEDIAN PLANE
100
The outermost layer of the skin.
What is the Epidermis?
100
The long shaft of the long bones is called this.
What is Diaphysis?
100
The basic structural unit of the nervous system.
What is the Neuron?
100
These glands in the eye produce tears which constantly moisten and protect the eye.
What are Lacrimal Glands?
200
Body parts on the back of the body are called this.
What is Dorsal or Posterior?
200
The integumentary system has two main types of glands. The glands, which are coiled tubes that extend through the dermis and open on the suface of the skin at pores through which sweat, or perspiration are eliminated are called....
What is Sudoiferous glands
200
This canal is a cavity in the diaphysis. It is filled with yellow marrow.
What is the Medullary Canal?
200
The largest and highest section of the brain.
What is the Cerebrum?
200
This mucous membrane lines the eyelids and covers the front of the eye to provide additional protection and lubrication.
What is Conjunctiva?
300
These cavities are larger than the dorsal cavities and are seperated into two distinct cavities by the dome-shaped muscle called the diaphragm.
What are the Ventral Cavities?
300
These glands are oil glands that usually open onto hair follicles.
What is Sebaceous Glands
300
The outside of the bone is covered with a tough membrane, which contains blood vessels, lymph vessels, and osteoblasts.
What is the Periosteum?
300
This section of the brain located between the cerebrum and midbrain contains two structures called the thalmus and the hypothalmus.
What is the Diencephalon?
300
The outer ear, the visibal part of the ear, is elastic cartilage covered by skin.
What is the Pinna, or Auricle
400
Two directional terms related to the transverse plane include include cranial, which means body parts located near the head, and this term, which means body parts located near the sacral region of the spinal column.
What is Caudal?
400
Due to genetics, male ( and sometimes female) individuals may experience this condition, commonly called baldness, a permenant loss of hair on the scalp.
What is Alopecia?
400
This type of muscle, sometimes called smooth muscle, is found in the internal organs of the body, such as those of the digestive and respiratory systems.
What is Visceral Muscle?
400
The meninges are three membranes that cover and protect the brain and spinal cord. The thick, tough outer layer is called this.
What is Dura Mater?
400
This structure, shaped like a snails shell, contains delicate, hairlike cells, which compose the organ of Corti.
What is the Cochlea?
500
Three small cavities are the orbial cavity for the eyes, the nasal cavity for the nose structures, and this cavity, or mouth, for the teeth and tongue.
What is the Buccal cavity?
500
A brownish black pigment is produced in the epidermis by specialized cells. Even though everyone has the same number of cells, genes present in each racial group determine the amount of this pigment produced.
What is Melanin?
500
When muscle attatches to a bone, the end that does not move is called the origin. The end that moves when the muscle contracts is called this.
What is the Insertion?
500
The sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems are two divisions of this nervous system, they work together to maintain a balanced state called homeostasis.
What is the Autonomic Nervous System?
500
The tongue is a mas of muscle tissue with projections that contain taste buds that are stimulated by flavors. These projections have a name.
What are Papillae?