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What Cavity surrounds the digestive organs in abdominal cavity?
Peritoneum
What is the function of abdominal cavity?
The abdominal cavity is where the digestive system, and other organs are housed.
What is an abdominal wall?
An abdominal wall is the layer of muscles which surrounds the abdominal cavity and contains the abdominal organs.
Cavity below the chest containing digestive organs?
Abdominal
What protects the digestive and reproductive organs?
The abdominopelvic cavity protects the major organs of digestion and reproduction.
What digestive organs take up a large portion of the abdominal cavity?
Intestines
Where is that the thoracic cavity in relation to abdominal pelvic cavity?
Those in the Thoracic Cavity are the heart and lungs. ' The Abdominal Cavity holds the digestive organs.
What cavity contains the major organs of digestion?
The abdominopelvic cavity. Also, a little bit of the thoracic cavity.
A large portion of the abdominal cavity is taken up by digestive organs which organs are these?
The stomach, small and large intestines, liver and gallbladder, and the pancrease.
Difference between Peritoneum and abdominal cavity?
The abdominal cavity contains most of the digestive organs whereas the peritoneal cavity is the space between the parietal and visceral layers.
How many cavities are present in the body?
There are four main cavities in the human body: cranial cavity (contains the brain), thoracic cavity (contains the heart and lungs), abdominal cavity (contains the digestive organs), and pelvic cavity (contains the reproductive organs).
Name one part of the digestive system that's located in the thoracic cavity?
Digestive System: You may be wondering that the organs in the digestive system are located in the abdominal cavity. True, but the esophagus, the tube that carries food to the stomach is located in the thoracic cavity. The thymus or thyroid gland is also a part of the organs in the pectoral cavity.Baxamusa, Batul Nafisa . "Organs in the Thoracic Cavity." Buzzle. Buzzle.com, n.d. Web. 4 Oct 2012. .
