Body Systems
Body Systems Part 2
Anatomical Terms
Regions
Location & direction
100

This system is the control center for all of the activities of the body

What is the Nervous System

100

These are organized groups of tissues with specific functions

What are organs

100

The head

What is the Cranium

100

The region that lies between the hypochondriac regions in the center of the chest

What is the epigastric region

100

The front of the body

What is frontal or ventral

200

This system produces substances such as antibodies that protect the body from disease

What is the Immune & Lymphatic System

200

This is the smallest living unit in the human body

WHat is a cell

200

It contains the brain

What is the Cranial cavity

200

The region between the lumbar regions at the level of the naval

What is the umbilical region

200

The back of the body

What is posterior or dorsal

300

This system transports oxygen and nutrients to the cells and removes wastes

What is the circulatory system

300

This makes up the bones and cartilage.  Blood is classified as this.

Connective tissue

300

The armpit

What is the axilla

300

The regions also called the inguinal regions

What are the right and left iliac regions

300

The plane that divides the body into front and back sections

What is the coronal (frontal) plane

400

This system breaks down food to supply nutrients to the body's cells

What is the gastrointestinal system

400

This is known as the state of balance and stability

What is homeostasis

400

Arms and legs

What are extremities

400

This region is between the iliac regions over the bladder

What is the hypogastric region

400

This plane divides the body into left and right sections

What is the sagittal plane

500

This systems produces hormones that are secreted into the body to regulate the activity of the certain glands

Endocrine system

500

These organs are in the abdominal cavity

What is the stomach, liver, intestine, pancreas and spleen

500

The cavity that contains the spinal cord

What is the Vertebral Cavity

500

The structures found in the dorsal cavities

What are the cranial and spinal cavities

500

This plane divides the body into upper and lower sections

What is the transverse (axial) plane