BODY CAVITIES Flashcards
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DORSAL CAVITY
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CONTAINS CRANIAL & VERTEBRAL CAVITY
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CRANIAL CAVITY CONTAINS
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BRAIN
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VERTEBRAL
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- ALSO KNOWN AS SPINAL
- SPINAL CORD
4
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VENTRAL CAVITY
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- ANTERIOR
- CONTAINS THORACIC & ABDOMINOPELVIC CAVITIES
5
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SEROUS MEMBRANES
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- SMALLER SUBCAVITIES OF THE THROACIC AND ABDOMINOPELVIC CAVITIES
- PRODUCE A THIN FLUID CALLED SERIOUS FLUID THAT AIDS IN MOVEMENT AND PREVENTS FRICTION
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SEROUS MEMBRANE LAYERS (2)
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- PARIETAL (OUTERMOST)
- VISCERAL (INNER)
7
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PARIETAL LAYER
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- LINES CAVITIES
- ATTACHED TO SURROUNDING STRUCTURES
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VISCERAL LAYER
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- LINES ORGANS
- ATTACHED TO ORGAN OR ORGANS OF VENTRAL CAVITY
9
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THORACIC CAVITY HOUSES
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- PLEURAL CAVITY (SURROUNDS LUNGS)
- MEDIASTINUM (PERICARDIAL CAVITY WHICH SURROUNDS HEART)
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PERITONEAL CAVITY
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SPACE BETWEEN AND PARIETAL AND VISCERAL PERITONEUM
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PERITONEUM
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serous membrane that forms the lining of the abdominal organs
12
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MEDIASTINUM CONTAINS
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- VESSELS
- ESOPHAGUS
- TRACHEA
- BRONCHI
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ABDOMINOPELVIC CAVITY CONTAINS
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- ABDOMINAL CAVITY (HOUSES ORGANS OF DIGESTIVE, LYMPHATIC AND URINARY
- PELVIC CAVITY (CONTAINS CERTAIN REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS AND ORGANS OF DIGESTIVE SYSTEM