Language of Anatomy

Planes and Directional Terms #1

100

Body parts above other parts.

What is superior

200

Closer to the point of attachment or trunk.

What is proximal?

300

Moving toward the midline or center of the body.

What is medial?

400

the kidneys are ________________ to the lungs

What is inferior?

500

The front side.

What is  anterior?

Planes and Directional Terms #2

100

Closer to the outside of the body.

What is superficial?

200

Moving away from the point of attachment or trunk.

What is distal?

300

plane dividing the body into anterior and posterior parts

What is frontal(coronal) plane?

400

Sagittal Plane

What is the plane dividing the body into right and left sides?

500

Transverse Plane

What is the plane dividing the body into superior and inferior?

Regions of the Body #1

100

Low back

What is Lumbar?

200

The forearm

What is antebrachial?

300

The forehead

What is frontal?

400

ear

What is otic?

500

Whole body excluding arms, legs, and head.

What is trunk?

Body Systems

100

breaks down food, absorbs nutrients, eliminates wastes

What is the digestive system?

200

carries electrical impulses through the body to control muscles and glands

What is the nervous system?

300

causes movement by contracting and relaxing

What is the muscular system?

400

the support and structure of the body, produces blood, protects internal organs, and stores minerals

What is the skeletal system?

500

transports oxygen, nutrients, hormones and wastes throughout the body

What is the cardiovascular system?

Body Cavities

100

liver, gallbladder, and spleen

What is abdominal cavity?

200

bladder and internal reproductive organs

What is the pelvic cavity?

300

heart and lungs

What is the thoracic cavity?

400

Brain

What is the cranial cavity?

500

Spine and spinal cord

What is spinal cavity?