Systems

Skeletal

Provides shape support and protection

Nervous

Detects impulses and controls everything in body control center

Circulatory

Transports nutrients and gases around the body

Respiratory

Exchanges gases

Digestive

Breaks down and absorbs food

Muscular

Provides movement for all parts of the body

Integumentary

Protects the body regulates temp and prevents water loss

Lymphatic

Fights infection and provides fluid for cells

Urinary

Remove waste from the blood

Endocrine

Secretes hormones

Reproductive

Produces gametes

Median (Midsagittal)

Left and right

Frontal(Coronal)

Front and back

Transverse

Top and bottom

Superior

Cranial

Inferior

Caudal

Lateral

Away from midline

Medial

Towards midline

Distal

Away from body

Proximal

Toward body

Deep

Away from body surface

Superficial

Towards body surface

Anterior (ventral)

Front

Posterior (dorsal)

Back

Anatomical position

Body straight with feet slightly apart and thumbs away from body

Anatomist use directional terms to

Discuss body easily and effectively

Necessary life functions

Maintaining boundaries, reproducing, movement, digestion, responsiveness, metabolism, growth, excretion,

Serosa

Double layered membrane that lines body cavities

Inner layer

Visceral serosa

Outer layer

Parietal serosa

Between layers

Serosa fluid