Body Cavities Flashcards
Body cavities are…
enclosed areas that house organs
enclosed areas that house organs
body cavities
Posterior/dorsal body cavity
Cranial cavity (contains brain) and the vertebral cavity (contains the spinal cord)
Cranial cavity (contains brain) and the vertebral cavity (contains the spinal cord)
Posterior/dorsal body cavity
Anterior/ventral body cavity
Includes thoracic cavity (contains lungs, each in its own pleural cavity, and the heart, in the pericardial cavity) and the abdominopelvic cavity (which contains the digestive organs in the abnomial cavity and the blather and reproductive organs in the pelvic cavity)
Includes thoracic cavity (contains lungs, each in its own pleural cavity, and the heart, in the pericardial cavity) and the abdominopelvic cavity (which contains the digestive organs in the abnomial cavity and the blather and reproductive organs in the pelvic cavity)
Anterior/ventral body cavity
Posterior/dorsal Cranial cavity
Contains the brain
Contains the brain
Posterior/dorsal Cranial cavity
(Posterior/dorsal) Vertebral cavity
Contains the spinal cord
(Posterior/dorsal) Contains the spinal cord
(Posterior/dorsal) Vertebral cavity
(Anterior/ventral) Thoracic cavity
Contains the lungs, each in its own pleural cavity, and the heart, in the pericardial cavity
(Anterior/ventral) Contains the lungs, each in its own pleural cavity, and the heart, in the pericardial cavity
Anterior/ventral Thoracic cavity
Pleural cavity
The space enclosed by the pleura, which is a thin layer of tissue that covers the lungs and lines the interior wall of the chest cavity.
The space enclosed by the __(al), which is a thin layer of tissue that covers the lungs and lines the interior wall of the chest cavity.
pleural cavity
Anterior/ventral abdominopelvic cavity
Contains digestive organs in the abdominal cavity and the bladder and reproductive organs in the pelvic cavity
