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What anatomical cavity or compartment contains all of the thoracic viscera except lungs?
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Is the organs of any cavity referred to as the viscera?
Yes.
What does vasodilation in the skin and viscera result from?
relaxation of smooth muscle in the arterioles
What are The double layer sheets of serous membrane that support the viscera called?
Mesentries
What is an abdominal evisceration?
An abdominal evisceration is the presence of the viscera, the internal organs of the body, outside of the body, particularly through a wound.
What is the serous membrane that is the external layer of a GI tract organ?
Because internal organs are called viscera, the portion of the serous membrane that attached to an organ is called the visceral layer.
What anatomical section contains all of the thoracic viscera except the lungs?
mediastinum
Where are the viscera located?
Viscera are the soft internal organs of the body, especially those contained within the abdominal and thoracic cavities. The intestines are also viscera.
Which nerve has branches that extend to the thoracic and abdominal viscera?
The Vagus X
What is a collection of vital organs in the chest?
thoracic cavity
What bones are the most protection to the abdominal viscera?
The Ribs primary function is to protect the thoracic viscera, or the heart and lungs. The pelvis' main function is to protect the pelvic viscera
The vagus nerve carries parasympathetic nerve stimulation to most of the thoracic and abdominal viscera and originates in the?
medulla oblongata
What is the Function of the thorax?
Its primary function is protection of the thoracic viscera, the heart and lungs. Its secondary function is to assist with breathing by being moved up and our (inhalation) of down and in (exhalation) but muscles called the intercostals.
What is the function of cage?
1. breathing 2. protect viscera in the thoracic+abdominal cavities 3. support pectoral girdle and upper limbs
What nerve is a mixed cranial nerve that conducts sensory impulses from and motor impulses from and motor impulses to the thoracic and abdominal viscera?
vagus nerve
This nerve innervates most of the viscera in the thoracic and abdominopelvic cavities?
Preganglionic innervation is not provided to any organ. You get parasympathetic innervation to the said organs via tenth cranial nerve. Name of this nerve is vagus.
What lymphatic trunk drains the abdominal viscera?
The thoracic duct drains the abdomen from both the left and right lumbar trunks. This lymph is also said to be the largest lymphatic vein.
What is thecollective namefor the contentsof our ventralcavity?
the viscera
