body cavities Flashcards
Hollow spaces within the body that contain internal organs
BODY CAVITIES
Protection of internal organs (ex. Skull- protects the brain, while rib cage and thoracic cavity protects the heart and lungs)
BODY CAVITIES
Allows organ to change shape and size (ex. Lungs, stomach and bladder)
BODY CAVITIES
2 major body cavities
DORSAL CAVITY
VENTRAL CAVITY
located along the position (back) side of the body
DORSAL CAVITY
dorsal cavity is divided into 2 subcavities
CRANIAL CAVITY
VERTEBRAL CAVITY
located within the skull and houses the brain
CRANIAL CAVITY
located within the vertebral column and contains the spinal cord.
VERTEBRAL CAVITY
positioned on the anterior(front) aspect of the body.
VENTRAL CAVITY
ventral cavity is divided into 2 subcavities
THORACIC CAVITY
ABDOMINOPELVIC CAVITY
located in the chest area, superior to the diaphragm.
THORACIC CAVITY
cavities that belong to thoracic cavity
PLEURAL CAVITIES
PERICARDIAL CAVITY
MEDIASTINUM
central compartment between the pleural cavities; contains the heart, thymus gland, esophagus, trachea, and major blood vessels.
MEDIASTINUM
surrounds the heart
PERICARDIAL CAVITY
located inferior to the diaphragm
ABDOMINOPELVIC CAVITY
2 cavities, each surrounding a lung.
PLEURAL CAVITIES