Dissection Vocabulary

4. Organisms with body shaped that are mirror images along a midline called the sagittal plane.
6. The Head/Skull
7. Farther from the origination of a structure
8. Lack of equivalence between parts of something
10. Symmetry around central axis. As in a starfish or a tulip flower.
12. At or near the tail
14. A vertical plane running from side to side
15. Away from the head/lower part of a structure (Bird’s-eye view, looking down)
16. A plane that divides the body into left and right proportions

1. The sides of the body
2. Towards the head,upper part of a structure (Bird’s-eye view. Looking down)
3. The upper side or back of an animal.
5. A plane that divides the body into superior and inferior parts
9. Nearer to the origination of the structure
11. Nearest to the middle
13. Nearer the front. Especially situated in the front of the body or nearer to the head.