Med Terms
Body Cavities
Abdominal Quadrants and Regions
Directional Terms and Planes
Homeostasis
100

-cyte

cell

100

This cavity contains the brain.

What is the cranial cavity?

100

List the 4 quadrants of the abdomen

RUQ, RLQ, LUQ, LLQ


100

Toward the head is described as this.

What is superior?

100

This part carries out the response to bring the body back toward normal. 

What is the effector?

200

a-

without, not

200

This cavity contains the lungs.

What is the thoracic cavity?

200

The liver is primarily located in this quadrant.

What is the RUQ?

200

The nose is ___ to the ears.

What is medial?

200

This part detects a change in the body.

What is the sensor?

300

-dynia

pain

300

This cavity contains the urinary bladder and reproductive organs.

What is the pelvic cavity?

300

Pain in the lower right abdomen may make a healthcare worker think about this organ.

What is the appendix?

300

The skin is ___ to the muscles.

What is superficial?

300

This part receives information from the sensor and decides what response is needed.

What is the integrator?

400

-itis

inflammation

400

The dorsal cavity contains these two cavities.

What are the cranial and vertebral cavities?

400

The region located directly below the umbilical region is called what?

Hypogastric region

400

This plane divides the body into anterior and posterior portions.

What is the frontal (coronal) plane?

400

When blood pressure rises, receptors detect the change and the brain signals the heart to slow down. In this feedback loop, what is the effector?

What is the heart?

500

therm-

heat

500

The ventral cavity is divided into these two major cavities.

What are the thoracic and abdominopelvic cavities?

500

The area directly above the umbilical region is called this region.

What is the epigastric region?

500

This directional term means farther away from the point where a limb attaches to the body.

What is distal?

500

When body temperature rises, the hypothalamus detects the change and activates sweat glands to help cool the body. In this example, what is the effector?

What are the sweat glands?