Planes, cavities, regions and membranes

Question 1

cuts vertically to create a left and right parts

Answer 1

Sagittal

Question 2

runs vertically to divide the body into anterior and posterior parts

Answer 2

Frontal plane or coronal plane

Question 3

runs vertically to divide the body into left and right sides

Answer 3

Median or midsagittal, same thing as Sagittal

Question 4

runs horizontally, dividing the body into superior and inferior parts

Answer 4

transverse plane

Question 5

organs are sectioned along the transverse plane

Answer 5

cross sections

Question 6

cut

Answer 6

section

Question 7

when the section is made through the body wall or through an organ, it is made along an imaginary surface or line.

Answer 7

plane

Question 8

relating to the head, neck and trunk, the axis of the body

Answer 8

axial

Question 9

relating to limbs and their attachments to the axis

Answer 9

appendicular

Question 10

cavity that contains the brain

Answer 10

cranial cavity

Question 11

cavity the had both the cranial and vertebral cavity

Answer 11

Dorsal body cavity

Question 12

cavity that has the spinal cord

Answer 12

vertebral cavity

Question 13

cavity that contains the heart and lungs

Answer 13

Thoracic Cavity

Question 14

cavity that contains the digestive viscera

Answer 14

Abdominal cavity

Question 15

cavity that contains urinary bladder, reproductive organs, and rectum

Answer 15

Pelvic cavity

Question 16

cavity that contains both the abdominal and pelvic cavity

Answer 16

Abdomino-pelvic cavity

Question 17

cavity that contains the thoracic and abdomino-pelvic cavity

Answer 17

Ventral body cavity