Chapter 7: 2 Body Planes, Directions, and Cavities

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The abdominal cavity is frequently divided into how many sections?

9

________________ are spaces within the body that contain organs.

Body Cavities

Identify the specific cavity that contains the mouth.

Buccal

What is the term for body parts located near the head?

Cranial

Body parts away from the point of reference.

Distal

True or False: The dorsal cavities are larger than the ventral cavities.

False

True or False: The cranial cavity contains the orbital, nasal, and buccal cavities.

False, the cranial cavity contains the???????

True or False: Another word for the term ventral is posterior.

False. Ventral means the front of the body. Posterior means the back of the body.

Identify the abdominal region below the stomach.

Hypogastric or pelvic.

Body parts below the transverse plane.

Inferior

Body parts away from the midline.

Lateral

Identify the abdominal region on the left side by the groin.

Left illiac or inguinal

Body parts close to the midline.

Medial

Plane that divides the body into a right and left side.

Midsagittal

Identify the specific cavity that contains the Urinary bladder and reproductive organs.

Pelvic

Body parts close to the point of reference.

Proximal

Identify the abdominal region on the right side below the ribs.

Right Hypochondriac

Identify the abdominal region on the right side by the large bones of the spinal cord.

Right lumbar. Letter F.

Identify the specific cavity that contains the spinal cord.

Spinal

Identify the specific cavity that contains the heart, lungs, and large blood vessels.

Thoracic

Plane that divides body into top half and bottom half.

Transverse

True or False: Directional terms are created by body planes.

True

True or False: The ankle is distal and the knee is proximal to the hip.

True

True or False: The terms created by body planes and directions are used in the study of the anatomy of the human body.

True

Identify the abdominal region by the bellybutton.

Umbilical

Body parts on the front of the body.

Ventral

Identify the specific cavity that contains the Stomach, small intestines, liver, pancreas, and spleen.

abdominal

Contains the brain.

cranial cavity

The _____________ is a dome- shaped muscle that separates the thoracic and abdominal cavities.

diaphragm

The _______________ is important for respiration, or breathing.

diaphragm

Body cavities on the back of the body

dorsal cavity

Identify the abdominal region above the stomach.

epigastric

Identify the specific cavity that contains the eyes.

orbital

What is another word for breathing?

respiration

Body Cavity located in the chest.

thoracic cavity

Separated into two cavities by the diaphragm.

ventral cavity


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