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31 Cards in this Set
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Superior |
Higher |
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Inferior |
Lower |
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Anterior (ventral) |
Front |
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Posterior |
Back |
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Transverse and Sagittal Planes |
Transverse cuts body into upper and lower, saggital cuts body into left and right |
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Medial |
Towards center |
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Lateral |
Away from center |
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Oblique and Coronal (frontal) |
Oblique - a section along any plane that lies diagonally Frontal - divides body into front and back |
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Proximal |
Near to origin of structure |
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Distal |
Away from origin |
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Superficial |
Toward the surface |
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Deep |
Away from surface |
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What does the cranial cavity contain |
Brain |
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What does the spinal cavity contain? |
Spinal cord and beginning of spinal nerves |
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Ventral cavity |
A large cavity divided by the diaphragm into the thorax and abdomen |
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Thoracic Cavity |
Portion of the ventral cavity superior to diaphragm |
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Pleural Cavity |
Cavities surrounding the lungs |
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Visceral Pluera |
Serous membrane tightly surrounding the lungs |
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Parietal Pluera |
Serous membrane lining the walls of the chest |
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Mediastinum |
Central portion of the thoracic cavity between the lungs containing all thoracic organs expect lungs |
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Visceral Pericardium |
Serous membrane tightly surrounding heart |
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Perietal pericardium |
Outer layer of serous membrane surrounding the heart or fibrous pericardium |
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Paricardial Cavity |
The potential space between the visceral and perietal pericardium |
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Abdominopelvic cavity |
Portion of the ventral cavity inferior to the diaphragm |
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Abdominal Cavity |
Contains: stomach, spleen, liver, gall bladder, small and most pf large intestine |
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Visceral peritoneum |
Tightly covers some of the organs of the abdominal cavity |
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Parietal Peritoneum |
Lines the walls of the abdominal cavity |
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Peritoneal cavity |
Potential space between the visceral and parietal peritoneum |
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Retroperitoneal |
Organs which lie posterior to the parietal peritoneum Ex: urinary bladder, large intest., internal reproductive organs |
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Body Cavities (saggital view) |
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Body Cavities and Membranes (coronal view) |
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