Anterior Flashcards
What is the anterior and posterior region?
Anterior is the head end; Posterior is the tail end
What is the dorsal and ventral region?
Dorsal is the upper back side; Ventral is the front belly side
What is the medial and lateral region?
Medial is the midline of the body; Lateral is the right and left sides
What is the distal and proximal region?
Distal is the parts farther from the middle of the body; Proximal are the parts nearer the middle of the body
What is the frontal plane or coronal plane?
The frontal or coronal plane divides the body into dorsal and ventral halves
What is the Sagittarius plane?
The Sagittarius plane divides the body into right and left regions
What is the transverse plane aka the cross section?
It divides the body into anterior and posterior halves
What is the body cavity?
It is an internal space where the gut cavity and fluid-filled coelom is found.
What is the fluid-filled body coelom?
It is a kind of body cavity found in some animals. It surrounds and cushions internal organs.
The development of the body cavity is dependent on _____
Body cavity is dependent on mesodermal pouch formation during gastrulation
No body cavity
Acoelomate
Partial body cavity
Pseudocoelomate
true body cavity
Coelomate
