BODY STrUCTURES AND HOMEOOSTASIS Flashcards
What tissues make up serous membranes?
Simple squamous epithelium and dense irregular connective tissue
What is an example of a serous membrane?
Pericardium
What is the sagittal plane?
Right and left
What is the frontal plane
Dorsal and ventral
What is the transverse plane?
Superior and inferior
What organs does the cranial cavity contain
Brain
What is in the spinal cavity
Spinal cord and beginning of spinal nerves
What is in the thoracic cavity
Lungs and heart
What is in the abdominal cavity?
Stomach, spleen, liver, gall bladder, pancreas, small intestine and most of the large intestine
What is in the pelvic cavity
Bladder, colon, rectum, internal reproductive organs
What is in the right hypochondriac region
Liver, gall bladdrr
What is in the epigastric region
Liver and stomach
What is in the L hypochondriac region
Stomach and spleen
What is in the right lumbar region
Ascending colon
What in the umbilical region
Transverse colon and smalll intestine