Anatomy ch 1 vocab

Toward the front of the body

• Posterior

• Anterior

• Inferior

• Superior

Farthest from the point of origin

• Ventral

• Dorsal

• Distal

• Proximal

Divides the body lengthwise into anterior and posterior portions

• Frontal Plane

• Sagittal Plane

• Transverse Plane

• Jet Plane

The state of dynamic equilibrium of the internal environment of the body

• Insulin

• Medial

• Vertigo

• Homeostasis

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

Beneath or lower

• Posterior

• Anterior

• Superior

• Inferior

Away from the body's midline

• distal

• proximal

• lateral

• medial

Toward the body's midline

• Lateral

• Medial

• Distal

• Proximal

When the effector opposes the stimulus and reverses the direction of change

• Negative Feedback

• Positive Feedback

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

Structures of two or more tissue types that work together to carry out a particular function

• Cell

• Organ

• Tissue

• Molecule

Metabolic units within a cell that perform a specific function necessary to the life of the cell

• organelle

• organ system

• atoms

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2