Unit 2-Vocab

Question 1

Ventral or Anterior

Answer 1

Front surface of the body

Question 2

Dorsal or posterior

Answer 2

The back surface of the body

Question 3

Lateral

Answer 3

Away from the body’s central axis

Question 4

Medial

Answer 4

Towards the middle

Question 5

Distal

Answer 5

Farther from the point of origin in question

Question 6

Proximal

Answer 6

Closer to the point of attachment

Question 7

Inferior

Answer 7

Below

Question 8

Superior

Answer 8

Above

Question 9

Prone

Answer 9

Lying on the abdomen face down

Question 10

Supine

Answer 10

Lying on the back face up

Question 11

Flex ion

Answer 11

Movement that bends a joint

Question 12

Extension

Answer 12

Straightens the joint

Question 13

Abduction

Answer 13

A movement that takes a body part further away from the central axis

Question 14

Adduction

Answer 14

Brings body part closer to the central axis

Question 15

Sagittal plane

Answer 15

Divides the body into left and right

Question 16

Frontal plane

Answer 16

Divides the body into front and back

Question 17

Transverse plane

Answer 17

Divides the body into top and bottom

Question 18

What are the two large cavities of the body

Answer 18

Ventral and dorsal cavity

Question 19

Hematopoietic

Answer 19

Formation of blood cells

Question 20

Osteoblasts

Answer 20

Cells that form bone with collagen fibers and deposit calcium salts

Question 21

Osteoclasts

Answer 21

Break down bone and release stored minerals

Question 22

Marrow

Answer 22

Spongy tissue with the bone that produce rbc