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22 Cards in this Set
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Skin and sense organ system
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Receives messages from the environment and sends them to the brain
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Cranial Cavity
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Located in the head and surrounded by the skull
(brain, pituitary gland) |
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Thoracic Cavity
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Chest cavity which is surrounded by the ribs and breastbone
(heart, lungs, trachea, etc.) |
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Pleura
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Double membrane that surrounds each lung
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Pleural Cavity
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The space between the pleura and surrounding each lung
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Mediastinum
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The large space between the lungs and chest
(heart, esophagus, trachea, bronchial tubes) |
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Abdominal Cavity
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The space below the thoracic cavity. The two cavities are separated by the diaphragm
(stomach, liver, gallbladder, small and large intestines) |
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Peritoneum
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Membrane that covers the organs in the abdomen.
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Pelvic Cavity
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Located below he abdominal cavity
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Spinal Cavity
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The space surrounded by the spinal colum
(spinal cord) |
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Spinal cord
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Nervous tissue within the spinal cavity
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Pelvis
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Bones of the hip
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Vertabrae
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Series of bones that form the spinal column
(vertabra, singular) |
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Divisions of the spinal cord
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Cervical (neck, 7 bones, C1-C7)
Thoracic (chest) 12 bones, T1-T12) Lumbar (loin, waist) 5 bones, L1-L5 Sacral (sacrum, lower back) 5 fused bones, S1-S5 Coccygeal (coccyx) 4 fused bones |
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MRI
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Magnetic waves used to create images which show organs and other structures in all three planes (Frontal, Saggital, transverse)
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CT Scan
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An image taken and shown only in the transverse plane
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Trachea
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Windpipe
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Larynx
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Voice box
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Pharynx
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Throat
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Esophagus
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Tube leading from throat to stomach
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Meninges
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Membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord
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Amnion
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Sac of fluid surrounding the embryo
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