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Body Cavities
Anatomy
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| What are the 2 main cavities | ventral and dorsal |
| What is in the dorsal cavities | cranial and spinal |
| Cranial | upper containing the brain |
| Spinal | lower containing the spinal cord |
| What is in the ventral cavities | thoracic, abdominal, pelvic, diaphragm, abdominopelvic |
| abdominal | Middle below diaphragm contains stomach, liver, kidney, pancreas |
| thoracic | upper above diaphragm contains lungs, hearts, esophagus |
| pelvic | lower below abdominal (no divider) contains urinary bladder, uterus, ovaries, rectum |
| diaphragm | muscular divider (not cavity) |
| what separates the thoracic and abdominal cavities | diaphragm |
| abdominopelvic | name for the lower two cavities combined |