Body Cavities Flashcards

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Ventral Cavity

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Contains the Thoracic Cavitiy, Abdominopelvic Cavitiy

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Thoracic Cavity - Chest cavity; bordered anteriorly and laterally by chest wall and inferiorly by diaphragm

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Mediastinum - Contains the Pericardial Cavity, Heart, Thymus, Trachea, Esophagus, and Major Blood Vessels

Pericardial - Central region associated with the heart

Pleural - Lateral regions associated with the lungs

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Abdominopelvic Cavity

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Abdominal

Pelvic

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Cranial Cavitiy

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Formed by the Cranium, houses the brain

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Vertebral Canal

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Formed by the vertebral column; contains the spinal cord

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