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Body Cavities
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Dorsal Cavities | Contains the cranial cavity and spinal cavity |
| Brain | What organ is housed in the cranial cavity? |
| Spinal Cord | What houses is housed in the spinal cavity? |
| Thoracic Cavity & Abdominopelvic Cavity | What are the two major ventral cavities? |
| Chest Cavity | What is another term for the thoracic cavity? |
| Mediastinum | What is the midportion of the thoracic cavity? |
| Heart | The mediastinum contains what organ? |
| Pleural Cavities | The left and right sides of the thoracic cavity |
| Left and right lung | The pleural cavities contain what organ? |
| Abdominal cavity | The upper portion of the abdominopelvic cavity |
| Pelvic cavity | The lower portion of the abdominopelvic cavity |
| Liver, gallbladder, stomach, pancreas, intestines, spleen, kidneys, and ureters | What organs does the abdominal cavity contain? |
| Parietal Peritoneum | What is the membrane that lines the abdominal cavity? |
| Visceral Peritoneum | What is the membrane that lines the organs in the abdominal cavity? |
| Four | How many abdominopelvic QUADRANTS are there? |
| Nine | How many abdominopelvic REGIONS are there? |
| Upper regions | Right hypochondriac, Epigastric, Left hypochondriac are all a part of what abdominopelvic region? |
| Middle regions | Right lumbar (flank), Umbilical, Left Lumbar (flank) are all a part of what abdominopelvic region? |
| Lower regions | Right iliac (inguinal), Hypogastric (pubic), Left iliac (inguinal) are all a part of what abdominopelvic region? |
| Under cartilage (referring to rib cartilage) | Hypochondriac means what? |
| upon (around) the stomach | Epigastric means what? |
| Ilium (lowest part of the small intestines) | Iliac refers to what? |
| Below the stomach | Hypogastric means what? |