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Body Cavities
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| thoracic cavity | surrounded by the rib cage, muscular diaphram seperates it from the abdominal cavity; includes the plural, pericardial and mediastinum |
| dorsal cavity | posterior surface of the body |
| cranial cavity | houses the brain |
| vertebral/spinal cavity | houses the spinal cord |
| plural cavity | houses the lungs |
| mediastinum cavity | houses the esophagus, trachea, and contains the pericardial cavity |
| paricardial cavity | contains the heart |
| abdominopelvic cavity | ventral cavity that is subdivided into two other cavities |
| abdominal cavity | (contains digestive organs) contains the stomach, intestines, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys |
| pelvic cavity | contains urinary bladder, part of the lg. intestine, and the internal reproductive organs |
| ventral cavity | interior surface |
| "order" of cavities from surface to deep | ventral to thoracic to plural to mediastinum to pericardial |