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Spaces within the body that help protect, separate, and support internal organs
- Cranial cavity
- Thoracic cavity
- Abdominopelvic cavity
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THE DORSAL BODY CAVITY IS SUBDIVIDED INTO TWO CAVITIES WHICH ARE:
CRANIAL CAVITY WHICH HOUSES THE BRAIN
VERTEBRAL CAVITY WHICH RUNS THROUGH THE VERTEBRAL COLUMN AND ENCLOSES THE SPINAL CORD
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THE CRANIAL CAVITY HOUSES THE -
BRAIN
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THE VERTEBRAL CAVITY RUNS THROUGH THE VERTEBRAL COLUMN AND ENCLOSES -
THE SPINAL CORD
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THE THORACIC CAVITY CONTAINS -
THE HEART AND THE LUNGS
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THE ABDOMINAL CAVITY CONTAINS
THE DIGESTIVE VISCERA, KIDNEYS, AND PERITONEAL CAVITY
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THE PELVIC CAVITY CONTAINS
THE BLADDER, REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS, RECTUM AND PERITONEAL CAVITY
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CHARACTERISTICS AND CONTENTS OF THE VENTRAL BODY CAVITY
- NEAR VENTRAL SURFACE OF THE BODY
- 2 SUBDIVISION (THORACIC CAVITY ABOVE THE DIAPHRAGM & ABDOMINOPELVIC CAVITY BELOW DIAPHRAGM = LARGE DOME-SHAPED MUSCLE
- ORGANS CALLED VISCERA
- ORGANS COVERED WITH SEROUS MEMBRANE
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THE THORACIC CAVITY CONTAINS -
TWO PLEURAL CAVITIES AND THE MEDIASTINUM - WHICH CONTAINS THE PERICARIAL CAVITY
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THE PLEURAL CAVITIES ENCLOSE THE
LUNGS
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THE PERICARDIAL CAVITY SURROUNDS THE
HEART
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THE ABDOMINOPELVIC CAVITY IS DIVIDED INTO A
SUPERIOR ABDOMINAL AND AN INFERIOR PELVIC CAVITY
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VISCERA OF THE ABDOMINAL CAVITY INCLUDE
THE STOMACH SPLEEN PANCREAS, LIVER, GALLBLADDER, SMALL INTESTINES AND MOST OF THE LARGE INTESTINE
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VISCERA OF THE PELVIC CAVITY INCLUDE THE
URINARY BLADDER, PORTIONS OF THE LARGE INTESTINE AND INTERNAL FEMALE AND MALE REPRODUCTIVE STRUCTURES
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OTHER BODY CAVITIES ARE
- ORAL CAVITY
- NASAL CAVITY
- ORBITAL CAVITY
- MIDDLE EAR CAVITY
- SYNOVIAL CAVITIES
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THE 5 MAJOR HUMAN BODY CAVITIES -
- BODY CAVITY - ORGANS
- CRANIAL CAVITY - BRAIN
- SPINAL CAVITY - SPINAL CORD
- THORACIC CAVITY - LUNGS AND HEART
- ABDOMINAL CAVITY - LIVER, PANCREAS, STOMACH, SPLEEN, KIDNEYS AND INTESTINES
- PELVIC CAVITY - BLADDER, RECTUM AND REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS
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OPPOSITE OF SUPERIOR
INFERIOR
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OPPOSITE OF ANTERIOR
POSTERIOR
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OPPOSITE OF MEDIAL
LATERAL
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OPPOSITE OF SUPERFICIAL
DEEP
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TOWARD THE HEAD, OR THE UPPER PART OF A STRUCTURE
SUPERIOR
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AWAY FROM THE HEAD, OR THE LOWER PART OF A STRUCTURE
INFERIOR
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NEARER TO OR AT THE FRONT OF THE BODY
ANTERIOR
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NEARER TO OR AT THE BACK OF THE BODY
POSTERIOR
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NEARER TOT HE MIDLINE
MEDIAL
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FARTHER FROM THE MIDLINE
LATERAL
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BETWEEN TWO STRUCTURES
INTERMEDIATE
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ON THE SAME SIDE OF THE BODY AS ANOTHER STRUCTURE
IPSILATERAL
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ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE BODY FROM ANOTHER STRUCTURE
CONTRALATERAL
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NEARER TO THE ATTACHMENT OF A LIMB TO THE TRUNK; NEARER TO THE ORIGINATION OF OF A STRUCTURE
PROXIMAL
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FARTHER FROM THE ATTACHMENT OF A LIMB TO THE TRUNK; FARTHER FROM THE ORIGINATION OF A STRUCTURE
DISTAL
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TOWARD OR ON THE SURFACE OF THE BODY
SUPERIFICIAL (EXTERNAL)
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AWAY FROM THE SURFACE OF THE BODY
DEEP
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DIVIDES THE BODY OR AN ORGAN INTO ANTERIOR (FRONT) AND POSTERIOR (BACK) PORTIONS
FRONTAL OR CORONAL PLANE
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DIVIDES THE BODY OR AN ORGAN INTO SUPERIOR (UPPER) AND INFERIOR (LOWER) PORTIONS
TRANSVERSE PLANE ALSO CALLED CROSS-SECTIONAL OR HORIZONTAL PLANE
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OBLIQUE PLANE
- PASSES THROUGH THE BODY OR AN ORGAN AT AN ANGLE
- BETWEEN TRANSVERSE AND SAGITTAL PLANE
- BETWEEN TRANSERSE AND FRONTAL PLANE
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SECTIONS
CUT OF THE BODY MADE ALONG A PLANE
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