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anatomyphysiology
body cavities
Question | Answer |
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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 |