Body Cavities Flashcards
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Veterbral Cavity (Canal)
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Contains the spinal cord
Formed by the individual bones of the vertebral column
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Cranial Cavity
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Houses the brain
Formed by the cranium
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Ventral cavity
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Partitioned into a superior thoracic cavity and inferior abdominal cavity
Divided by the diaphragm
Arises from a space called the coelom that forms during embryonic development
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Thoracic cavity
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Median space is called Mediastinum contains the thymus, esophagus, trachea, major blood vessels
Pericardial cavity sac around the heart
Pleural cavity contains the lungs
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Abdominalpelvic Cavity
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Consists
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Abdominal Cavity
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Bordered
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Pelvic cavity
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Region
