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anatomyphysiology
body cavities
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the left and right halves of the animal's body are essentially mirror images of each other. Paired structures | Bilateral symmetry |
| cavity that contains the brain (crainal cavity/cranium) and spinal cord (central nervous system spinal cavity) | Dorsal body cavity |
| body cavity that contains most of the soft organs (visera) of the body. | Ventral body cavity |
| Divisions of the ventral body cavity separated by a thin diaphram | cranial thorasic cavity or thorax and caudal abdominal cavity or abdomen |
| membrane covering the organs in the thorasic cavity | pleura |
| layer that lines the whole thorasis cavity | parietal layer of pleura |
| thickened and roughened by inflammation of the space between the parietal and viseral lining causing surfaces to scrape over each other | pleuritis or pleurisy |
| inflammation of the space between the peritoneum and viseral lining | peritonitis |
| what are the four basic TISSUES that make up the entire body? | epithelial, connective, muscle, nervous |
| CELLS, TISSUES, ORGANS AND SYSTEMS | levels of organization |
| the maintenance of a dynamic equilibrium in the body | homeostasis |