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This is a sack like structure surrounding the heart. It gives the heart a lot of room to beat. As the heart beats it needs room to actually wring all the blood it can with each beat. Any thing that slows this down (like fluid in the space) can cause heart failure or even death.
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∙ 13y agoThis space is called the peritoneal space because it is enclosed by a thin membrane called the peritoneum.
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Is the abnominopelvic cavity anterior to the spinal cavity?
Yes, the abdominopelvic cavity is anterior to the spinal cavity.
Which cavity is located inferior to the abdominal cavity?
What cavity in the lower abdominal cavity called
What body cavity contains and protects the brain?
The brain lies within the cranial cavity which is inside the larger dorsal cavity
Is pelvic cavity inferior to abdominal cavity?
Pelvic cavity is a part and parcel of the abdominal cavity. Pelvic cavity lies in lower part of the abdomen.
What is the dorsal cavity superior to?
The dorsal cavity consists of the cranial cavity (holds the brain) and the vertebral cavity (contains the spinal cord) and it is superior to the ventral cavity.
Which body cavity is bounded by the ribs?
The Thoracic Cavity
Is the thoracic cavity is distal to the abdominopelvic cavity?
The thoracic cavity is superior to the abdominopelvic cavity.
Is The pelvic cavity is to the abdominal cavity?
The pelvic cavity is inferior to the abdominal cavity.
What cavity are the lung and heart in?
Chest cavity
What cavity contains the major organs of digestion?
The abdominopelvic cavity. Also, a little bit of the thoracic cavity.
Is the abdominopelvic cavity inferior to the thoracic cavity?
Thoracic cavity indicates your chest , the Abdominal cavity indicates your abdomen INFERIOR means under .Your chest is above your abdomen hence the thoracic cavity is SUPERIOR to the Abdominopelvic cavity.
Divides the thoracic cavity from the abdominopelvic cavity?
The diaphragm divides the thoracic cavity from the abdominopelvic cavity.
Which cavity is located inferior to the abdominal cavity?
What cavity in the lower abdominal cavity called
What body cavity is not part of the dorsal cavity?
abdominal cavity
Cavity surrounded by the backbones is?
spinal or intervertebral cavity
Is the abnominopelvic cavity anterior to the spinal cavity?
Yes, the abdominopelvic cavity is anterior to the spinal cavity.
What body cavity contains and protects the brain?
The brain lies within the cranial cavity which is inside the larger dorsal cavity
