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Q: What body cavities are located posterior to the diaphragm?
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What specific body cavity lies directly interior to the diaphragm?

You have two cavities related to diaphragm. But the shape of diaphragm is dome shaped and you can say that abdominal cavity is directly interior to diaphragm.


What is the vessel that drains blood fom all body regions located below the diaphragm muscle bofoe emptying into he right atrium?

Inferior vena cava, aka posterior vena cava.


Is the skin on the dorsal surface of your body located on your superficial surface?

no posterior


What 2 cavities does the diaphragm separate?

diaphragm is muscular part made up of involuntary smooth muscles.it is nothing but a thin rubber dome with a springy and flexible rim.any dividing structure is acts as a diaphragm and is called so.a number of structures acts so.in body ,THORACIC DIAPHRAGM; a tissue of muscle separating thoracic and abdomen.it also plays important role in respiration.UROGENITAL DIAPHRAGM;a layer of pelvis separating deep perineal sac from upper pelvis.PELVIC DIAPHRAGM;a pelvic muscle consisting of levator ani and coccygeus.even iris and eardrum acts as a diaphragm.even it is used in birth control.;inserted in vagina and fitted over cervix and is held in place by vaginal muscles,this diaphragm holds spermicide in place over cervix.it kills sperms and prevent fertilization.thus the diaphragm acts as a dividing structure in various parts and divides body in various parts.


What position is the diaphragm when relaxes?

In the human body, the diaphragm separates the thoracic and abdominal cavities. When a person sits in an erect position, the diaphragm moves in an up and down motion, sort iof like an accordion.

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What 2 body cavities does the diaphragm separate in a pig?

The diaphragm separates the abdominal & thoracic (same as in people) cavities.


The muscle that divides the body into thoracic and abdomiopelvic cavities is the?

DIAPHRAGM divides the body into thoracic and abdomo -pelvic cavities.


What body cavities are separated by the muscular diaphragm?

The diaphragm is situated between the chest cavity and the abdominal cavity.


What is a thick muscle separating two body cavities?

The diaphragm is a thick muscle separating the thoracic and abdominopelvic cavities.


This area is inferior to the diaphragm?

In terms of body regions, the abdomen is inferior to the diaphragm. In terms of body cavities, the abdominopelvic cavity is inferior to the diaphragm. In terms of anatomical regions of the body, the umbilical region is the inferior to the epigastric region (which the diaphragm is found in)


What specific body cavity lies directly interior to the diaphragm?

You have two cavities related to diaphragm. But the shape of diaphragm is dome shaped and you can say that abdominal cavity is directly interior to diaphragm.


Which body cavity contains the eyes?

Orbital Cavity


The two principal body cavities are?

There are two principal body cavities the dorsal (posterior) body cavity and the ventral (anterior) body cavity.


What are the two major cavities of the body are called?

The Thoracic cavity (above the diaphragm) & the Abdominal cavity (below).


What are the two main cavities in the body?

The Thoracic cavity (above the diaphragm) & the Abdominal cavity (below).


What is the difference between the thorax and the diaphragm?

thorax = the part of the human body between the neck and the diaphragm, partially encased by the ribs and containing the heart and lungs; the chest. diaphragm = a body partition of muscle and connective tissue separating the chest and the abdominal cavities.


Name the muscle that subdivides the ventral body cavity?

Answer: skeletal musculature( connective tissue)