Body Cavities
Space within the body which contains vital organs
What are body cavities?
Divides the body into front and back section.
What is the frontal/coronal?
Carries material through the body
What is the circulatory system?
Combine to make tissues
What are cells?
Myocarditis
What is the circulatory system?
Protects the nervous system, and is divided into two subdivision; cranial and vertebral
What is the dorsal cavity?
Divides the body into right and left sides
What is median/midsaggittal?
Breaksdown food and prepare it for absorption into the blood; eliminate waste
What is the digestive system?
Combine to make organs
What are tissues?
Tracheotomy
What is the respiratory system?
It houses the internal organs (viscera), and is divided into two subdivisions: - Thoracic and Abdominopelvic cavities
What is the ventral cavity?
Horizontal plane dividing the body into a top and bottom half
What is transverse/cross horizontal?
Supports, allows movement, produces blood cells, and protects.
What is the skeletal system?
Combine to make organ systems
What are organs?
Encephalitis
What is the nervous system?
•The abdominopelvic cavity is separated from the superior thoracic cavity by the dome-shaped tissue
What is the diaphragm?
Imaginary lines drawn through the body to separate the body into sections
What are body planes?
Nose, mouth, trachea, bronchi, and lungs.
What is the respiratory system?
Many organ systems working together
What is an organism, person, a human being?
Gastrectomy
What is the digestive system?
Thoracic cavity is subdivided
What are the plerural cavity, mediastinum, and pericardial cavity?
Divide the body into superior and inferior
What is the transverse plane?
Name the body systems
What are circulatory, digestive, endocrine, urinary, integumentary, muscular, nervous, reproductive, respiratory, skeletal?
body organization system
What are cells, tissues, organs, organ system, organism (person)?