Dissection Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 4. Organisms with body shaped that are mirror images along a midline called the sagittal plane.
  2. 6. The Head/Skull
  3. 7. Farther from the origination of a structure
  4. 8. Lack of equivalence between parts of something
  5. 10. Symmetry around central axis. As in a starfish or a tulip flower.
  6. 12. At or near the tail
  7. 14. A vertical plane running from side to side
  8. 15. Away from the head/lower part of a structure (Bird’s-eye view, looking down)
  9. 16. A plane that divides the body into left and right proportions
Down
  1. 1. The sides of the body
  2. 2. Towards the head,upper part of a structure (Bird’s-eye view. Looking down)
  3. 3. The upper side or back of an animal.
  4. 5. A plane that divides the body into superior and inferior parts
  5. 9. Nearer to the origination of the structure
  6. 11. Nearest to the middle
  7. 13. Nearer the front. Especially situated in the front of the body or nearer to the head.