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Body Cavities
Term | Definition |
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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? |