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Body Cavities
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Question | Answer |
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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 |