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Body Cavities and Structures
Posterior and Anterior Human Body Cavities
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 1
01/19/2010
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Cranial Cavity
 Definition
Cranium, etc.
Term
Vertebral canal
 Definition
encases spine
Term
Diaphragm
 Definition
separates thoracic/abdominopelvic
Term
thoracic cavity
 Definition
chest
Term
visceral pleura
 Definition
pleural cavity in contact w/lungs
Term
Mediastinum
 Definition
Space between lungs
Term
Visceral pericardium
 Definition
cavity in contact with heart
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[image]
 Definition
space between lungs
Term
retroperitoneal
 Definition
behind peritoneal cavity
Term
middle ear cavity
 Definition
cavity inside ear
Term
orbital cavity
 Definition
cavity of eye
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visceral/parietal pleural cavity
 Definition
around organ/around cavity surrounding lungs
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abdominopelvic cavity
 Definition
below diaphragm
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pericardial cavity
 Definition
where heart sits
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peritoneal cavity
 Definition
below diaphragm, above pelvic cavity
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