Chapter 7: 2 Body Planes, Directions, and Cavities
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
