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Body Cavities

  1. Posterior Aspect Cavities
    Cranial Cavity & Vertebral canal
  2. Ventral Cavities
    Thoracic Cavity & Abdominopelvic Cavity
  3. Thoracic Cavity:
    • Mediastinum
    • Pericardial
    • Pleural
  4. Abodminopelvic Cavity
    • Abdominal
    • Pelvic
  5. Mediastinum contains:
    • Pericardial cavity
    • Thymus
    • Trachea
    • Esophagus
    • Major Blood Vessels
  6. Pericarial Contains:
    heart
  7. Pleural Contains:
    Lungs
  8. Abdominal contains:
    • stomach
    • spleen
    • liver
    • pancreas
    • small intestine
    • most of large intestine
    • kidneys
    • ureters
  9. Pelvic contains:
    • urinary bladder
    • urethra
    • internal reproductive organs
    • some of large intestine
  10. Visceral layer
    covers the external surface of organs
  11. Parietal layer
    lines internal surface of organs
  12. Serous Cavity
    between visceral and parietal layers, fluid
Author
jsmaglick
ID
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Card Set
Body Cavities
Description
Body cavities anatomy
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