Directional Terms
Toward the head, upper, above.
What is superior?
Lengthwise plane that divides a structure into right and left sections.
What is sagittal plane?
Epithelial tissue ________ by covering internal and external surfaces, and produces secretions.
What is protection?
Connective tissue __________ organs and tissue.
What is supports and connects?
Muscle tissue __________ a body part.
What is contracts and moves?
Toward the feet, lower, below.
What is inferior?
Cavity located in the interior space in front of the body.
What is a ventral cavity?
Tissue thats one layer of cells.
What is simple tissue?
Type of connective tissue that stores fat cells.
What is adipose?
striated, involuntary, contracts the heart.
What is cardiac?
In front of.
What is anterior or ventral?
Cavity that contains the stomach, intestines, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, and spleen.
What is an abdominal cavity?
Tissue thats more than one layer of cells.
What is stratified tissue?
Strong, flexible bands of connective tissue that hold bones firmly together at the joints.
What is ligaments?
Striated, voluntary, attached to the skeleton.
What is skeletal?
In the back.
What is posterior or dorsal?
Plane that divides a structure into upper and lower sections.
What is transverse or horizontal plane?
Covers the outside of the body, lines the inside of the body.
Firm, flexible support of the embryonic skeleton and part of the adult skeleton.
What is cartilage?
Nonstriated, involuntary, provides movement in various body systems.
What is smooth?