Anatomy

Which cavities does the postior aspect contain?
- Cranial cavity
- Vertebral canal
What does the cranail cavity house?

Formed by the crainium; houses brain.
What does Vertebral canal house?

Formed by the vertebral column; contains spinal cord
What are the ventral cavities?
- Thoracic cavity
- Abdominopelvic cavity
What cavities make up the thoracic cavity?
- Mediastinum cavity
- Pericardial cavity
- Pleural cavity
What cavities make up the Abdominopelvic cavity?
- Abdominal cavity
- Pelvic cavity
What does the Mediastinum cavity house?
- Contains the pericardial cavity.
- thymus
- trachea
- esophagus
- major blood vessels
What does the Pericardial cavity house?

The heart
What does the Pleural cavity house?

Lungs
What does the Abdominal cavity house?
- Stomach
- Spleen
- Liver
- Pancreas
- Small intestine
- Most of large intestine
- Kidneys
- Ureters
What does the Pelvic cavity house?
- Urinary bladder and urethra
- Internal reproductive organs
- Some of the large intestine

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Anatomy

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Body cavities

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2011-01-15T21:31:17Z