review: directions cavities membranes planes

The transverse plane divides the body into a front section and a back section.

• true

• false

Body parts away from the midline are lateral.

• true

• false

Another word for the term ventral is posterior

• true

• false

The fingers are distal and the wrist is proximal to the shoulder

• true

• false

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

The diaphragm is a dome-shaped muscle that separates the ventral cavity into two distinct cavities

• true

• false

The body plane that divides the body into right and left sides is the

• transverse

• midsagittal

• frontal

• coronal

Body parts in front of the frontal plane are called

• superior

• inferior

• ventral or anterior

• dorsal or posterior

Body parts close to the midsagittal plane are called

• medial

• inferior

• proximal

• lateral

Which cavity is # 2

• dorsal

• ventral

• thoracic

• abdominal

Which number is the dorsal cavity

• 1

• 3

• 4

• 7