Body Planes, Directions, and Cavities

2. horizontal plane that divides the body into a top have and a bottom half.
3. body parts located near the sacral region of the spinal column.
7. Cavity contains the spinal cord.
10. body parts away from the midline.
11. spaces within the body that contain vital organs.
14. divides the body into a front and a back section.
16. located in the chest and contains the esophagus, trachea, bronchi, lungs, heart, and large blood vessels.
17. cavity contains the eyes.
18. body parts located near the head.
19. body parts close to the point of reference.
20. Body parts in front of the plane, or on the front of the body.
21. imaginary lines drawn through the body at various parts to separate the body into sections.

1. body parts close to the midline.
4. one long, continuous cavity located on the back of the body.
5. divides the body into right and left sides.
6. cavity contains the mouth, teeth and tongue.
8. body parts below other body parts.
9. contains the stomach, small intestine, most of the large intestine appendix, liver, gallbladder, pancreas and spleen
12. separated into two distinct cavities by the dome-shaped muscle call the diaphragm.
13. cavity contains the nose structures.
15. body parts distant to the point of reference.
19. Contains the urinary bladder, the reproductive organs, and the last part of the large intestine.