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Dorsal Cavity(Posterior)
Bones of the cranial portion of the skull and vertebral column.
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Cranial Cavity
Contains the brain.
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Spinal Cavity
Contains the spinal cord, which is an extension of the brain.
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Ventral Cavity (anterior)
Divided by diaphragm muscle into upper thoracic cavity and abdominopelvic cavity.
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Thoracic cavity
The chest, contains trachea, bronchi, lungs, esophagus, heart and great blood vessels, thymus gland, lymph nodes, and nerves.
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Pleural cavities
surround each lung.
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Pericardial cavity
Contains the heart.
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Abdominopelvic cavity
Imaginary line that runs across hipbones divides body into the abdominal and pelvic cavities.
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Abdominal cavity
Contains stomach, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, spleen, kidneys, and intestines.
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Pelvic cavity
Contains colon, rectum, urinary bladder, uterus.
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