Body Cavities
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Created by:
allisonfitts on August 26, 2010
Subjects:
anatomy and physiology 1, carlson
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8 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 cranial | cavity within the skull; houses the brain |
| spinal | cavity that contains the the spinal cord and is surrounded by sections of the backbone (vertebrae) |
| dorsal | contains the cranial and spinal cavities |
| thoracic | cavity above the diaphragm |
| ventral | contains the thoracic and abdominopelvic cavities |
| abdominal | cavity that contains the stomach, liver, spleen, and more |
| abdominoplevic | contains the abdominal and pelvic cavities |
| pelvic | cavity enclosed by the pelvic bones |
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