Anatomy Chapter 1 Part 3
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chibisamurai on July 16, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 metabolism | all the chemical reactions that happen in an organism |
| homeostasis | this means the internal environment of an organism stays the same (temperature, amount of water, etc.) despite what is outside of it (it's swimming, it's hot outside, etc.) |
| coronal plane | plane that divides our body into a front and a back |
| sagittal plane | plane that divides our body into left and right |
| transverse plane | plane that divides our body into a top and a bottom |
| section | implies an actual cut through a plane |
| plane | an imaginary plane through the body or some part of it |
| inferior | means below |
| superior | means above |
| midsagittal plane | a plane right in the middle of the long axis |
| parasagittal plane | a plane parallel to but to the left or right of the midsagittal plane |
| oblique plane | a plane that goes through at an angle |
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