lecture 1 Flashcards
Head is composed of
skull which encloses the brain and face which includes eyes,nose mouth, forehead and cheeks
neck
support head and attaches head to trunk
trunk is composed of
chest abdomen pelvis
upper limbs
from shoulder to fingers
LOWER LIMBS
from buttocks to foot
groin
area marked by crease where trunk attaches to thigh
cranial cavity
contains brain
vertebral canal
contains spinal cord
trunk has 2 cavities called
thoracic cavity and abdominopelvic cavity
thoracic cavity
chest cavity that contains pericardial and 2 pleural cavities
pericardial cavities
fluid filled space surrounding heart
pleural cavities
fluid filled space surrounding lungs between parietal and visceral pleura
mediastinum
central part of thoracic cavity between lungs from 1st rib to diaphragm and sternum to vertebral column contains all thoracic organ except lungs. heart, esophagus, trachea,
parietal pleura
iNTERIOR LINES CHEST WALL
visceral pleura
clings to surface of lung