HBS Flashcards
What is a Coronal Plane?
Divides the body vertically into anterior and posterior portions
What is a Sagittal Plane
Divides the body vertically into unequal right and left portions
What is a Transverse Plane?
Divides the body horizontally into superior and inferior portions
What is a Median Plane?
Divides the body vertically into equal left and right portions
What are the four Anatomical Planes?
Frontal Plane, Sagittal Plane, Median Plane, and Transverse Plane
What are Body Cavities?
The cavities, or spaces of the body, that contain the internal organs or viscera
How many body cavities are there?
Eight
What are the two parts that the Dorsal Body Cavity splits into?
The Cranial Cavity and the Vertebral Cavity
What is the Cranial Cavity?
Contains the brain and protects it from bumps and bruises.
Vertebral Cavity
The space formed by the bones of the vertebral column and contains the spinal cord.
What is the Ventral Body Cavity split into?
The Thoracic Cavity and the Abdominopelvic Cavity
Thoracic Cavity
Contains the heart and the lungs.
Abdominopelvic Cavity
A body cavity that consists of the abdominal cavity and the pelvic cavity
Abdominal Cavity
The largest hollow space of the body and contains the stomach, liver, spleen, kidneys, small intestine, and most of the large intestine
Pelvic Cavity
A bowl-like structure that sits below the abdominal cavity