Body Cavities: Dorsal Body Cavity, Ventral Body Cavity

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Pelvic cavity (G)

For urinary bladder, rectum, and reproductive organs

Abdominal cavity (F)

Largest hollow space of the body. Its upper boundary is the diaphragm, a sheet of muscle and connective tissue that separates it from the Thoracic cavity; The cavity contains the greater part of the digestive tract, liver, spleen, kidneys and adrenal glands

Thoracic cavity: (D)

also called chest cavity, the second largest hollow space of the body. It is enclosed by the ribs, the vertebral column, and the sternum, or breastbone, and is separated from the abdominal cavity (the body's largest hollow space) by a muscular and membranous partition, the diaphragm.

Diaphragm cavity (E)

dome-shaped, muscular and membranous structure that separates the thoracic (chest) and abdominal cavities in mammals; it is the principal muscle of respiration.

Abdominal Pelvic cavity (H)

has 2 parts: abdominal has stomache, intestines, splean, liver and pelvic has the bladder, reproductive organs, rectum

Ventral cavity (I)

is a human body cavity that is in the anterior (front) aspect of the human body.[1] It is made up of the thoracic cavity, and the abdominopelvic cavity

Cranial cavity (A)

is divided into three cranial fossa Anterior cranial fossa which accommodates the anterior lobe of brain. Middle cranial fossa, much wider than the anterior cranial fossa contain the 2 temporal lobes of brain. Posterior cranial fossa is much shallower and wider than the middle cranial fossa and it accommodates the occipital lobes of the brain.

Dorsal cavity (C)

is located along the (posterior) surface of the human body, where it is subdivided into the cranial cavity housing the brain and the spinal cavity housing the spinal cord.[1] The two cavities are continuous with one another.[2] The covering and protective membranes for the dorsal body cavity are the meninges.[3]

Spinal cavity (B)

is the space in vertebrae through which the spinal cord passes. It is a process of the dorsal human body cavity. This canal is enclosed within the vertebral foramen of the vertebrae. In the intervertebral spaces, the canal is protected by the ligamentum flavum posteriorly and the posterior longitudinal ligament anteriorly.


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