Body Organization

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Levels

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Cells

Tissues

Organs

Systems

Body

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Abdomin/o

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Abdomen

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Adip/o

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Fat

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anter/o

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front

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branchi/o

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arm

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cardi/o

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heart

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caud/o

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tail

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cephal/o

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head

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cervic/o

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neck

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chondr/o

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cartilage

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crani/o

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skull

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crin/o

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to secrete

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crur/o

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leg

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cyt/o

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cell

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dermat/o

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skin

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dist/o

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away from

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dors/o

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back

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enter/o

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small intestine

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epitheli/o

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epithelium

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gastr/o

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stomach

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glute/o

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buttock

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gynec/o

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woman

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hemat/o

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blood

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hist/o

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tissue

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immun/o

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protection

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infer/o

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below

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inguin/o

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groin

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laryng/o

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larynx

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later/o

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side

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lumb/o

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loin (low back)

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lymph/o

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lymph

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medi/o

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middle

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muscul/o

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muscle

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nephr/o

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kidney

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neur/o

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nerve

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ophthalm/o

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eye

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orth/o

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straight, upright

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ot/o

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ear

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pariet/o

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cavity wall

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ped/o

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foot

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pelv/o

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pelvis

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peritone/o

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peritoneum

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pleur/o

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pleura

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poster/o

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back

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proct/o

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rectum and anus

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proxim/o

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near to

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pub/o

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genital region

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pulmon/o

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lung

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rhin/o

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nose

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spin/o

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spine

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super/o

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above

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thorac/o

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chest

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ur/o

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urine

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urin/o

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urine

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vascul/o

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blood vessel

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ventr/o

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belly

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vertebr/o

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vertrebra

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viscer/o

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internal organ

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body

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composed of cells, tissues, organs, and systems

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cells

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fundamental unit of all living things

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organs

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group of tissues that function together

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systems

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grouped organs that function together

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tissues

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a tissue is formed when like cells are grouped together and function together to perform a specific activity

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cell membrane

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the outermost boundary of a cell

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cytology

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study of cells and their functions

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cytoplasm

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the watery internal environment of the cell

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nucleus

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cotains the cell's DNA

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histology

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study of tissue

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types of tissues

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muscular tissue,

epithelial tissue,

connective tissue,

nervous tissue

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Muscular tissue

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cardiac muscle

smooth muscle

muscle fibers

skeletal muscle

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Muscle fibers

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composed muscular tissue

individual muscle cells

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Skeletal muscle

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attached to the bone

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smooth muscle

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found in internal organs such as the intestine, uterus, and blood vessels

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cardiac muscle

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found only in the heart

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epithelium

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epithelial tissue found throughout the body and is composed of close-packe cells that form the covering for and lining of body structures

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bone

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structural support for the whole body

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cartilage

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the shock absorder in joints

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tendons

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tightly connect skeletal muscles to bones

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adipose

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provides protective padding around body structures

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neurons

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cells that compose nervous tissue

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brain

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one of the largest organs in body and coordinates most body activities

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spinal cord

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provides pathways for impulses traveling to and from brain

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nerves

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structures in the nervous system that conduct electrical impulse travels along nerve

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anatomical position

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used when describing the position and relationships of structures in the human body

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sagittal plane

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the vertical plane runs lengthwise from front to back and divides the body or any of its parts into right and left portions

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midsagittal or median plane

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with the sagittal plane passes through the middle of the body

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frontal plane or coronal plane

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divides the body into from and back portions

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Transverse plane or horizontal plane

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crosswise plane that runs parallel to the ground

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longitudinal section

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a lengthwise slice along the long axis of a structure

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cross-section

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a slice perpendicular to the long axis of the structure

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abdominal region

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abdomen; on anterior side of trunk

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brachial region

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upper extremities or arms

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cephalic region

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head

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cervical region

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neck; connects head to trunk

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crural region

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lower extremities or legs

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dorsum

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back

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gluteal region

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buttocks

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pelvic region

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pelvis

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pubic region

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region containing external genitals

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thoracic region

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chest

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trunk

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contains all body regions other than head, neck, and extremities

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vertebral region

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overlies spinal column or vertabrae

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four major body cavities

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two dorsal (cranial and spinal) and two ventral cavities (thoracic and abdominopelvic)

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cranial cavity

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contains brain

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spinal cavity

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contains spinal cord

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thoracic cavity

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contains two lungs and a central region between them called mediastinum

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Mediastinum

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the heart, aorta, esphagus, trachea, and thymus gland

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diaphragm

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physical wall between thoracic cavity and abdominopelvic cavity

muscle for breathing

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abdominopelvic cavity

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abdominal cavity and pelvic cavity

the organs of the digestive, excretory, and reproductive systems are located in the cavities

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viscera

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organs within the ventral cavities are referred to as a group as the internal organs

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pleura

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two-layer membrane that lines the ventral cavities are ling by and viscera are encased in in the thoracic cavity

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peritoneum

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two-layer membrane that lines the ventral cavities are ling by and viscera are encased in

in the peritoneum in the abodminoplevic cavity

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parietal layer

parietal pleura & parietal peritoneum

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the outer layer that line the cavities

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Visceral Layer

Visceral pleura and visceral peritoneum

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inner layer that encases the viscera

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Thoracic cavity pleura subdivision

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forms the pleural cavity (containing the lungs)

and the pericardial cavity (containing the heart)