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Body Cavities
Anatomy
Term | Definition |
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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 |