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18 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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Transverse Section
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Horizontal/cross section
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Sagittal Section
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Cut into left & right parts
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Mid-Sagittal
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Cuts into equal left and right halves
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Frontal (coronal) section
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Cuts body into anterior and posterior parts (front & back)
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Dorsal Cavity
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Made up of two cavities--cranial & spinal
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Cranial Cavity--where located, & what does it contain?
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Located within dorsal cavity--contains brain, lined by meninges.
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Spinal Cavity--where located, what does it contain?
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Located within dorsal cavity, contains spinal cord, lined by meninges.
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Meninges
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Connective tissues that line cranial & spinal cavities--protects brain and spinal cord.
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Ventral cavity
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Consists of two cavities--Thoracic & abdominopelvic, & mediastinum
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Diaphragm
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Flat muscular sheet, located in ventral cavity--separates thoracic from abdominopelvic.
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Thoracic cavity--where contained, & what does it contain?
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Inside ventral cavity, houses lungs protected by pleura.
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Abdominopelvic cavity--where contained, and what does it contain?
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Inside ventral cavity, houses abdominal cavity & pelvic cavity.
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Mediastinum
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Space between lungs, contains Pericardial cavity which houses heart
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Pericardial cavity
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Contains the heart--located in Mediastinum within ventral cavity.
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Pleura
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Protective tissues that line Thoracic cavity and Mediastinum.
*Visceral pleura around lungs *Parietal Pleura around cavity |
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Peritoneum
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Protective tissues that line Abdominopelvic cavity.
*Visceral peritoneum surrounds organs of cavity *Parietal Peritoneum surrounds inner body wall of cavity. |
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Abdominal Cavity
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Contained within abdominopelvic caity, houses digestive organs--liver, stomach, intestines,etc.
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Pelvic Cavity
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Contained within Abdominopelvic cavity, houses reproductive organs.
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