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What do the words dorsal ventral thoracic and abdominopelvic have in common?
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What body cavities are divided by the diaphragm?
Major: Dorsal Body Cavity & Ventral Body Cavity Subdivision of Dorsal: cranial cavity & vertebral cavity Subdivision of Ventral: Thoracic Cavity, Abdominopelvic Cavity, Abdominal Cavity, Pelvic Cavity
What are the two major cavities of the body are called?
The Thoracic cavity (above the diaphragm) & the Abdominal cavity (below).
What is the dorsal body cavity?
cranial cavity, which contains the brain, and spinal cavity, formed by the vertebrae, which contains the spinal cord.
What body cavities are located inferior to the diaphragm?
Abdominopelvic cavity lies below the diaphragm and can be subdivided into the abdominal cavity and the pelvic cavity.
What two organs are in the dorsal cavity?
The ventral cavity houses almost all of the major body organs. It is subdivided into 2 cavities: a) thoracic cavity - housed by the ribcage. b) abdominopelvic cavity - located on the abdomen and pelvis, as the name implies. The diaphragm is the muscle organ that separates the thoracic and abdominopelvic cavity. The organs on each sub-cavity are as follows: THORACIC: heart - located in the mediastinum 2 lungs ABDOMINAL liver stomach pancreas gall bladder spleen small and large intestines 2 kidneys 2 adrenal glands ureter PELVIC female - uterus, ovaries, fallopian tubes, urinary bladder male - urinary bladder, prostate gland, seminal vesicles
What are the two subdivisions of the dorsal body cavity?
thoracic and abdominopelvic cavity
What are the four body cavities?
The cavities of the body can be divided into two parts, the ventral (front) and the dorsal (back). If you divide the dorsal into the cranial and vertebral, and the ventral into the thoracic, abdominal, and pelvic, then you would have five cavities. * cranial * vertebral * thoracic * abdominal * pelvic
What body cavities are divided by the diaphragm?
Major: Dorsal Body Cavity & Ventral Body Cavity Subdivision of Dorsal: cranial cavity & vertebral cavity Subdivision of Ventral: Thoracic Cavity, Abdominopelvic Cavity, Abdominal Cavity, Pelvic Cavity
What are the three main body cavities?
The pericardial cavity (surrounding the heart), the thoracic cavity (surrounding the lungs and the pericardium, including the heart), and the peritoneal cavity (surrounding the visceral and internal reproductive organs).
Is it the pleural CAVITY ventral CAVITY or dorsal CAVITY that contains the brain and spinal cord or the thoracic?
Dorsal Cavity
What are the two major cavities of the body are called?
The Thoracic cavity (above the diaphragm) & the Abdominal cavity (below).
What is common name for thoracic vertebra?
dorsal
What body cavity protects the organs of reproduction abdominal dorsal or thoracic?
Neither. The main cavity is called the abdominopelvic cavity. A sub-cavity inside that is the pelvic cavity. That is where you will find the organs of reproduction. The dorsal cavity is along your back and skull. The thoracic is where your heart and lungs are. The abdominal cavity is a sub-cavity of the abdominopelvic cavity, its where your stomach and other related organs are.
What is the dorsal body cavity?
cranial cavity, which contains the brain, and spinal cavity, formed by the vertebrae, which contains the spinal cord.
Hand dorsal or ventral?
dorsal
Is a butterflies heart ventral or dorsal?
dorsal
What body cavities are located inferior to the diaphragm?
Abdominopelvic cavity lies below the diaphragm and can be subdivided into the abdominal cavity and the pelvic cavity.
