Directional Terms
What is deep?
Relating to the nose
What is nasal?
Relating to the spine
What is vertebral?
The cavity that contains the digestive organs (stomach, intestines, etc.).
What is the abdominal cavity?
The type of tissue that helps move.
What is muscular?
A term used to refer to something closer to the feet than the head.
What is inferior?
Relating to the belly button area.
What is umbilical?
Relating to the back of the head.
What is occipital?
Cavity that contains the brain.
What is the cranial cavity?
This type of tissue helps send signals.
What is nervous?
The belly button is directionally more ____ than lateral.
What is medial?
Relating to the breastbone area/midchest.
What is sternal?
Relating to the lower back area. (curved portion below the chest)
What is lumbar?
The plane that would divide the body into upper and lower halves of the body.
What is transverse?
This type of tissue has cells arranged closely together on a surface.
What is epithelial?
What is anterior?
Relating to the groin area.
What is inguinal?
Relating to the shoulder blade area.
What is scapular?
A median plane is a type of this other plane.
What is sagittal?
Adipose (fat) is a type of this tissue.
What is connective?
When a break on a bone is closer to it's attachment point, it is referred to as this term.
What is proximal?
Relating to the inner elbow area.
What is antecubital?
Relating to the back of the knee
What is popliteal?
The thoracic, abdominal, and pelvic cavities make up this "body cavity."
What is the ventral body cavity?
The type of tissue that would be fibers arranged in parallel-ish lines.
What is muscular?