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Cavities & Membranes
Organ Systems
Relative Position Terms
Body Sections & Planes
Body Regions
100
Cavity that houses the brain.
What is the cranial cavity?
100
One of the systems that functions in support and movement.
What is the skeletal or muscular system?
100
A part that is over another part. Ex. The brain is ___ to the heart.
What is superior?
100
A cut taken at an angle.
What is oblique?
100
Arm
What is brachial?
200
Cavity that houses the spinal cord.
What is the vertebral canal?
200
One of the two systems that functions in the transport of substances throughout the body.
What is the cardiovascular or lymphatic system?
200
An imaginary line dividing the body into equal right and left halves; a part that is close to this imaginary line. Ex. The nose is ___ to the ears.
What is medial?
200
The lengthwise cut of a cylindrical object, such as a vein.
What is longitudinal?
200
Thigh
What is femoral?
300
The 4 smaller cavities found in the head.
What are the oral, orbital, nasal, and middle ear cavities?
300
One of the two systems involved in integration and coordination of the body.
What is the nervous or endocrine system?
300
Toward the back. Ex. The vertebrae are ___ to the ribs.
What is posterior?
300
A section that divides the body into anterior and posterior portions.
What is frontal (coronal)?
300
Chin
What is mental?
400
The membrane that lines the wall of the cavity in which the heart lies.
What is the parietal pericardium?
400
This system functions in covering and protecting your internal organs.
What is the integumentary system?
400
A part that is closer to the trunk of the body than another. Ex. The knees are ___ to the ankles.
What is proximal?
400
A cut that divides the body into superior and inferior portions.
What is transverse (horizontal)?
400
Calf
What is sural?
500
The membrane that lines the organs in the abdominopelvic cavity.
What is the visceral peritoneum?
500
Two of the three systems that function in the absorption and excretion of substances in the body.
What are the digestive, respiratory, and urinary systems?
500
Structures that are on the same side of the body. Ex. The left arm and left leg are ___.
What is ipsilateral?
500
A lengthwise cut that divides the body into equal right and left portions.
What is midsagittal?
500
Point of the shoulder
What is acromial?