Body Planes
This plane divides the body into superior and inferior sections.
What is the transverse/horizontal plane?
The region of the body that contains the stomach and liver.
What is the abdominal/abdominopelvic region?
This system includes the brain, spinal cord, and nerves.
Nervous system
This type of feedback system amplifies a response.
Positive feedback system.
The term that means "toward the front of the body."
Anterior.
This plane divides the body into left and right sections.
What is the sagittal plane?
The region of the body that contains the lungs and heart.
What is the thoracic region?
DOUBLE POINTS! This system includes the kidneys, ureters, and bladder.
Urinary/Excretory system
This type of feedback system maintains homeostasis.
Negative feedback.
DOUBLE POINTS! The term that means "closer to the point of attachment."
Proximal
This plane divides the body into anterior and posterior sections.
What is the frontal plane?
The region of the body that contains the brain.
What is the cranial cavity?
This system is responsible for breaking down food and absorbing nutrients.
Digestive system
An example of this type of feedback system is childbirth contractions.
Positive feedback.
The term that means "away the midline of the body."
Lateral
The midsagittal plane divides the body into these.
Equal left and right halves.
DOUBLE POINTS! The region of your body commonly referred to as the shin.
What is the crural region?
This system is responsible for the immune response.
What is the lymphatic system?
This feedback system is involved in regulating blood sugar levels.
Negative feedback.
My wrist is ______ to my elbow.
Distal
A CT scan uses this plane to visualize cross-sections of the body.
Transverse plane
What is the most inferior and most posterior region of the skull called?
The occipital region.
This system contains the pancreas and the adrenal glands.
What is the endocrine system?
This hormone is released in response to low blood sugar levels.
Glucagon
My skin is _________ to my femur.
Superficial