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Body Cavities
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- 1dorsal cavitycontains cranial and spinal cavities
- 2ventral cavitycontains the thoracic and abdominopelvic cavities
- 3cranial cavitycontains the brain
(covered by three membranes knows as the meninges) - 4spinal cavitycontains the spinal cord
(covered by three membranes knows as the meninges) - 5thoracic cavity (commonly called chest cavity)found in the anterior portion
it is in the front/upper the diaphragm
main structure are lungs and heart - 6Pleuraeach lung is covered by a double membrane
- 7visceral pleurais the double membrane that is closet to the lung
- 8parietal pleurais the double membrane that lines the rib cage
- 9pleura cavityfluid filled virtual space between
each lung is in the pleura cavity within the thoracic cavity - 10Mediastinumthe heart is found in this space/area between the lungs
- 11visceral pericardiummembrane closest to the heart
- 12parietal pericardiummembrane lining the pericardial sac
- 13pericardial cavityfluid-filled virtual space between two pericardial membranes
- 14peritoneumthe double membrane that covers most but not all the organs in the abdominopelvic cavity
- 15visceral peritoneummembrane closest to the organs
- 16parietal peritoneummembrane closer to the abdominal wall
- 17peritoneal cavityvirtual space between organs and abdominal wall
- 18retroperitoneal regioncontains organs not covered by the peritoneum
- 19abdominal cavitypic
- 20abdominopelvic cavityis the portion of the ventral cavity that is inferior to the diaphragm
- 21diaphragmpic
- 22epicardiumpic
- 23peritonepic
- 24pericardiumpic
- 25peritoneal cavitypic
- 26pleural cavitypic
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- All internal body organs also know as viscera are located in cavities. These cavities are usually lined with membranes. The 2 major cavities the dorsal cavity which contains the cranial and spinal cavities and the ventral cavity which contain the thoracic and abdominopelvic cavities
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