Definitions
Systems in the body
Directional terms
Tissues
Body Planes & Cavities
100

The biological study of structure

Anatomy

100

Protects the body from injury, infection, & dehydration.

Integumentary

100

Toward the head of the body

Superior

100

Support and connect

Connective

100

What is number 9?


Left iliac

200

Positioning of the body when standing upright and facing forward with each arm hanging on either side of the body, and palms facing forward.

Anatomical Position

200

Coordinates and controls the body activities.

Nervous

200

Toward the back of the body

Posterior

200

Secrete and protect

Epithelium

200

What is number 5?


Umbilical

300

The biological study of the function of living organisms and their parts

Physiology

300

Pumps blood to and from the heart to supply oxygen to the body

Cardiovascular

300

Farther from the point of reference

Distal

300

Control and communicate

Nervous

300

What is number 2?


Epigastric

400

Study of how disease occurs and the response of living organisms to disease processes.

Pathophysiology

400

Creates a framework of the body and protects internal organs.

Skeletal

400

Folding movement which decreases the angle between two bones

Flexion

400

Move and protect

Cardiac

400

What is number 3?


Thoracic

500

Use of food nutrients by the body to produce energy.

Metabolism

500

Allows the body to react to the environment by providing sight, hearing, taste, smell, and balance.

Special Senses

500

To move toward the medial plane

Adduction

500

Used to give a clear location of a particular spot of where something can be found in the body

Directional term

500

What is number 2?


Dorsal