General Anatomy CHP6 Crossword

abdominal cavity, contains the stomach, liver, gallbladder, spleen, pancreas, and most of the
abdominopelvic cavity, part of the ventral cavity that contains the abdominal and pelvic
anatomical position, the body standing erect with face forward, feet together, arms hanging at the sides, and palms
anatomy, study of the shape and structure of the human
anterior, toward the
appendicular, pertaining to the body region that consists of the arms and
axial, referring to the body region that comprises the head, neck, and
connective tissue, the major support material of the
cranial, cavity space that houses the
cytoplasm, gel-like fluid inside the
differentiation, term for the specialization function of
distal, farther away from the trunk of the body; opposite of
dorsal cavity, cavity located in the back of the
epithelial tissue, type of tissue that forms the covering of all body
frontal plane, vertical plane that divides the body into anterior (front) and posterior (back)
horizontal plane, plane that divides the body into superior (upper) and inferior (lower)
medial, toward or nearer to the midline of the
midsagittal plane, imaginary line that divides the patient's face into equal right and left
muscle tissue, tissue with the ability to lengthen or shorten to provide movement to body
(NIDCR), National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research the federal government's lead agency for scientific research on oral, dental, and craniofacial
nerve tissue, responsible for coordinating and controlling body
nucleus, “control center” of the
organelle, specialized part of a cell that performs a specific
parietal, pertaining to the walls of a body
pelvic cavity, contains portions of the large and small intestines, the rectum, the urinary bladder, and the reproductive
physiology, study of the functions of the human
planes, three imaginary lines used to divide the body into
posterior, toward the
proximal, closer to the trunk of the body; opposite of