Directional Terms
Term that means closer to the midline
What is medial?
Plane that divides the body into anterior and posterior sections.
What is frontal or coronal plane?
The two primary cavities of the body.
What are the anterior/ventral and posterior/dorsal cavities?
The locations for the disposal of all sharps.
What are the biological hazardous sharps containers found on lab benches?
The base unit for measuring volume
What is a liter?
Term that means farther from the point of origin or trunk.
What is distal?
Plane that divides the body into superior and inferior sections.
What is the transverse plane?
The cavity that contains the brain
What is the cranial cavity?
Chewing gum, eating, drinking and applying cosmetics
What are activities prohibited in the laboratory?
Term that means closer to the feet.
What is inferior?
Term that means closer to the head.
What is superior?
Plane that divides the body into right and left SECTIONS.
What is a sagittal or parasagittal plane?
Cavity that contains the lungs.
What is the thoracic cavity?
The only acceptable footwear in the laboratory.
What are closed toed shoes?
The base unit for mass.
What is a kilogram
Term that means closer to the front, in front.
What is anterior or ventral?
Plane that divides the body into EQUAL left and right HALVES.
What is the midsagittal or median plane?
The structure that divides the thoracic and abdominal cavities.
What is the diaphragm?
Googles, aprons and disposable gloves.
What are items that are required to be worn during dissections?
The cavity that house the spinal cord.
What is the spinal cavity?
Term that means farther from the midline.
What is lateral?
The exact location of the midsagittal plane.
The cavity that contains the liver.
What is the abdominal cavity?
Eye washes, emergency shower and fire blankets.
What are emergency equipment that all students must know where to locate?
The medical term for the neck
What is cervical?