This is the Introductory presentation for the first unit of Honors Anatomy and Physiology.

4. Excretion – elimination of wastes

5. Digestion – complex foods are broken down into simpler components to be absorbed

6. Differentiation – when cells become specializedOther terms to know

8. Saggital plane – parallel to the body dividing it into left and right lateral sections …if the cut is midline, it’s called midsaggital

11. Inferior/caudal – towards feet

12. Lateral – to the side

13. Medial – to the midsection

14. Ventral/anterior – towards the front

15. Dorsal/posterior – towards the back

16. Proximal – closest to an attaching point

17. Distal – away from an attaching point