Major Body Parts Database

Question 1

What cavities are contained in the dorsal cavity

Answer 1

Cranial cavity; the space in your skull that holds your brain

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Spinal cavity; the space within the vertebrae where the spinal courd runs through your body

Question 1

What are the two major cavities within the body

Answer 1

Dorsal cavity and ventral cavity

Question 1

What cavities are within the ventral cavity; what divides them

Answer 1

Thoracic cavity (lungs) and Abdominopelvic cavity (Abdomen and pelvis)

Divided by the diaphram

Question 1

What cavities are within the thoracic cavity

Answer 1

Pleural cavity (left and right lungs) and pericardial cavity (Heart)