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Body planes, directions, and cavities (Body cavities (The three small…

- - - - Horizontal plane that divides the body into a top and bottom half
      - Superior-body parts above the other body parts
      - Inferior-body parts below other body parts
      - The knee is superior to the ankle bu the ankle is inferior to the hip
      - Cranial- body parts near the head
      - Caudial- body parts located near the sacral reigion of the spinal colum (tail)
    - - Divides the body into a left and right halves
      - Median-body parts close to the midline
      - Lateral-body parts away from the midline
    - - Divides the body into a front section and a back section
      - Ventral/anterior- body parts on the front
      - Dorsal/posterior-body parts on the back of the body
- - - - Upper abdominal cavity- contians the stomach, small intestines, most of the large intestines, appendix, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, spleen
      - Lower abdominal cavity- urinary bladder, reproductive, and last part of the intestines.
  - - - Contains the eye
    - - nose structures
    - - Mouth that has teeth and tongue