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27 Cards in this Set
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What are the three body cavities?
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Thoracic, Peritoneal (abdominal), and Pelvic cavity.
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Parietal
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Sides of the cavity
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Viceral
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Covers all organs within cavity
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What organs does the thoracic cavity include?
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Heart and Lungs.
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Pleura
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epithealial lining and organs in the thoracic cavity
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Parietal Plura
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epithealial lining that lines the inside boundaries of the thoracic cavity
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viceral plura
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epithealial lining that covers the organs in the thoracic cavity.
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What is in each of the Plural cavities?
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One lung per cavity.
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Mediastinum contains what organs?
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heart, large vessels, trachea, thymus, and lymph nodes.
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Where does the mediastinum lay?
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Between the sternum (ventrally) and the vertebral column (dorsally).
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What does the Pericardial cavity contain, and where does it lay.
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Contains the heart and lies withing the mediastinum.
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What surrounds the heart?
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The pericardial sac.
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Serous fluid.
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Acts as a lubricant between the tissue layers of the pericardial sac.
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What is the cranial and caudal boundary of the thoracic cavity?
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The thoracic inlet and the diapgragm.
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What is the dorsal,ventral, and lateral boundary of the thoracic cavity?
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Thoracic vertebrae, sternum, ribs.
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What organs are contained in the Peritoneal cavity.
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Liver and Kidneys
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Peritoneum
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Epithealial lining of the peritoneal cavity.
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What lines the inside boundaries of the Peritoneal cavity?
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Parieatal peritoneum.
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Viceral Peritoneum
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Epithealial linging in the abdominal cavity that lines the organs.
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Mesentry
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Portions of the viceral peritoneum that are folded onto itself in a way to separate, and suspend the organs while carrying bv's and nerves to the organs.
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greater and lesser omentum
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a mobile fold of peritoneum. A lacy network of fine bv's and fat.
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Pelvic cavity contains what organs?
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Bladder, rectum, and some reproductive organs.
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What is the name of the epithealial lining in the pelvic cavity?
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Peritonium.
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What are the cranial and caudal boundaries of the Peritoneal cavity?
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Diaphragm and Pelvic inlet.
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What are the dorsal, ventral, and lateral boundaries of the Peritoneal cavity?
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Lumbar vertebrae, Muscles of abdominal wall (ventral and lateral)
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What are the cranial and caudal boundaries of the pelvic cavity?
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Pelvic inlet, Pelvic outlet.
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What are the dorsal, ventral, and lateral boundaries of the pelvic cavity?
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Sacrum, Floor of pelvis, Lateral wall of pelvis.
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