Anatomical Body Cavities

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Pleural Cavities

surround each lung

Ventral Cavity

Anterior surface of torso; divided by diaphragm muscle into upper thoracic cavity and abdominopelvic cavities

Dorsal Cavity

Bones of the cranial portion of the skull and vertebral column, toward dorsal (posterior) side of the body.

Abdominal Cavity

Contains stomach, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, spleen, kidneys and intestines (small and large), ovaries (in female); the periontoneal cavity (peritoneum) surrounds the abdominal organs.

Cranial Cavity

Contains the brain

Pericardial Cavity

Contains the heart. The pleural cavity surrounds both pleural and periocardial cavities.

Spinal Portion

Contains the spinal cord, which is an extention of the brain.

Pelvic Cavity

Contains: colon, rectum,urinary bladder, uterous (in female)

Abdominopelvic Cavity

Imaginary line that runs accross hipbones divides the body into the abdominal and pelvic cavities

Thoracic Cavity

The chest; contains trachea, brinchi, lungs, esophagus, heart and great blood vessles, tymus gland, lymph nodes, and nerves. contains smaller cavities, too: PLEURAL CAVITIES & PERICARDIALCAVITY.


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