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cavities
Term | Definition |
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Anatomical Position | standing erect, facing forward, upper limbs at the sides, palms facing forward |
Cranial Cavity | houses brain |
Vertebral Canal (spinal cavity) | contains spinal cord |
Thoracic Cavity | houses lungs, thoracic viscera, hear, part of the trachea and esophagus |
Abdominopelvic Cavity | contains abdominal and pelvic viscera |
Diaphragm | muscle that separates the thoracic and abdominopelvic cavities |
Mediastinum | region between lungs in thoracic cavity which contains heart, esophagus, trachea, thymus gland |
Abdominal Cavity | |
Pelvic Cavity | enclosed by pelvic bones and contains end of large intestines, urinary bladder, internal reproductive organs |
Small Cavities of the head | oral cavity nasal cavity orbital cavity middle ear cavity paranasal cavity cranial cavity |
Axial Portion | head neck and trunk |
Appendicular Portion | upper and lower limbs |
Pectoral Girdle | |
Pelvic Girdle | hip bones |