Body Cavities
True or False: The diaphragm separates the ventral and dorsal cavities.
True
What is/are contents of the dorsal body cavity?
Brain and spinal cord
Name the body cavity that involves both the spinal cord and brain.
What plane does abduction occur?
Coronal plane (frontal)
What is the specific term for the only cavity that includes the digestive track?
Abdominopelvic Cavity
What are the primary types of tissue in the body?
Muscle, nervous, connective, and epithelial
The thoracic cavity, part of the ventral cavity, makes up two primary cavities. What are they?
Pleural Cavity; Pericardial Cavity
What is the "anatomical position"?
Standing upright, each arm hanging on the side, palms and legs facing forward, legs are parallel and flat
Within the ventral cavity, the ____ cavity carries deoxygenated and oxygen-rich blood to and from the heart and lungs.
Pleural Cavity
What is the name of the membrane that surrounds the lungs?
Pleura