Body Cavities
Houses the visceral organs
What is the ventral body cavity?
Divides the body into two equal halves left and right
What is the sagittal plane?
Houses both the heart and lungs
What is the thoracic cavity?
Membrane covering the heart
What is the pericardium?
This word means closer to the point of attachment of a limb
What is proximal?
Holds the eyes
What is the orbital cavity?
Divides the body into anterior and posterior
What is the frontal plane?
Holds the bladder and some reproductive organs
What is the pelvic cavity?
Membrane covering the lungs
What is the pleura?
The purpose of this membrane is the prevent friction between the organs
What is the serous membranes?
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What are the parietal and visceral membranes?
Houses the digestive system
What is the abdominal cavity?
Divides the body into superior and inferior planes
What is the transverse plane?
Houses the teeth and tongue
What is the oral cavity?
The skin
What is the cutaneous membrane?
This word means further from the attachment of a limb
What is distal?
Houses the fragile organs of the nervous system
What is the dorsal cavity?
Also known as the frontal plane
What is the coronal plane?
This cavity contains only one organ
What is the cranial cavity?
Membrane covering the brain and spinal cord
What is the meninges?
This membrane is found lining the esophagus and respiratory systems because they open to the outside of the body
What is the mucous membrane?
This divides the thoracic and abdominopelvic cavities
What is the diaphragm?
Divides the body into two halves that are unequal left and right sides
What is the parasagittal plane?
The largest ventral body cavity
What is the abdominopelvic cavity?
This type of membrane covers the wall of the cavity
What is the parietal membrane?
The scientific study of the function of the body and its parts
What is physiology?