Body Systems 1
Body Systems 2
Directional Terms
Directional Terms 2
Cavities
100

The group of organs and tissues that carry needed materials to cells and remove their waste products.

What is the Circulatory System?

100

The framework of bones and other tissues that supports the body.

What is the skeletal system?

100

This term means above 

what is superior 

100

This term means further from the trunk 

What is distal 

100

This cavity that holds the brain 

What is the cranium 

200

The group of organs that work together to break down foods into substances that your cells can use.

What is the digestive system?

200

The body’s message and control center.

What is the nervous system?

200

This term means to the side .

What is lateral 

200

This term is the opposite of superficial 

What is deep 

200

This cavity contains the heart and lungs 

What is the thoracic cavity 

300

The combination of body defenses made up of the cells, tissues, and organs that fight pathogens in the body.

What is the immune system? 

300

The group of organs that work together to break down foods into substances that your cells can use.

What is the digestive system?

300

This term means behind 



What is posterior 

300

This term refers to toward the midline 

What is medial 

300

The cavity that contains the stomach, spleen, liver, gallbladder and the intestines 

What is the abdominal cavity 

400

The group of organs that work together to remove wastes.

What is the urinary system?

400

Tissues that move parts of the body and control the organs.

What is the muscular system?

400

The opposite of superior 

What is inferior 

400

This term is the opposite of posterior 

What is anterior 

400

This cavity contains the urinary bladder 

What is the pelvic cavity 

500

The organs that supply your blood with oxygen.

What is the respiratory system?
500

The command center of the nervous system



What is the brain?

500

 This term means closer to the surface 

What is superficial 

500

This term means closer to the trunk 

What is proximal 

500

This cavity contains the spinal cord 

What is the spinal/vertebral cavity