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This divides the body into front and back
What is the frontal/coronal plane
100

These are the anatomical terms for "up/down"

What is superior/inferior 

100
These are the anatomical terms for "front/back"
What is anterior/posterior or ventral/dorsal
100

This is the smallest unit of life

What is a cell

100

This is the variable that gets manipulated 

What is the independent variable

200
This divides the body into left and right
What is the median/sagittal/parasagittal plane
200

These are the anatomical terms for "towards inside/towards outside"

What is deep/superficial

200
These are the anatomical terms for "the side closer to the middle/the side further from the middle"
What is medial/lateral
200

This level of organization contains various organs 

What is an organ system

200

This is the variable that you collect data on and are monitoring to see if/ how it changes

What is the dependent variable

300
This divides the body into upper and lower
What is the transverse plane
300

These are the anatomical terms for "closer/further" from an attachment point

What is proximal/distal

300

This term correctly completes the statement "The wrist is ___________ to the fingers"

What is proximal

300

This level consists of several types of tissue working together 

What is an organ

300

The parts of the experiment that you make sure stay the same so it doesn't affect your data

What is the constant

400
Jumping straight up or squatting moves your body through this plane
What is the transverse plane
400

This anatomical term means "further from the midline of the body"

What is lateral

400

A person gets split into symmetrical halves. They are cut along this plane

What is the sagittal 

400

The smallest unit of matter

What is an atom

400

Jocelyn plants tulips. One section of tulips gets her usual, plain water. The second section of tulips receives a special MiracleGro water mix. Which section is the experimental group?

What is the second section

500

This plane is perpendicular to the sagittal plane

What is the frontal plane

500

This anatomical pair of terms is separated by the transverse plane

What is superior/inferior 

500

Complete the statement: "The nose is _______ to the eye"

What is medial

500

This main goal/ purpose of an organ system

What is to maintain homeostasis (balance) of at least one body condition 

500

The purpose of the control group is this

What is to give a baseline for comparison of the experimental data