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| made up of the cranial cavity and the vertebral cavity. |
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| encloses and protects the brain. |
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| encloses and protects the spinal cord. |
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| subdivided into a superior thoracic cavity and an inferior abdominopelvic cavity by the diaphragm muscle. |
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| contains 4 quadrants and 9 regions. |
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| divided into 2 pleural cavities each of which contains a lung. |
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| situated between the 2 pleural cavities |
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| contains the heart. Found within the mediastinal cavity. |
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| group of membranes associated with these membranes. |
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| the most superficial of the 3 meninges membranes. A tough fibrous connective tissue covering which consists of 2 sublayers covering the brain and one layer covering the spinal cord. |
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| the middle meninx and takes its name from the group that contains spiders, Arachnida, because it resembles the structure of a spider's web. |
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| deepest meninx, thin and delicate. Covers the brain and spinal cord directly. |
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the serous membrane that covers the walls of the pleural cavities |
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| a serous membrane that lines the walls of the pericardial cavity. |
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| a serous membrane that tightly covers the lungs. |
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| a serous membrane that tightly covers the heart. |
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| What does the term "parietal" refer to? |
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| Refers to the wall of the cavity. |
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| What does the term "visceral" mean? |
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| pertaining to viscera or their outer coverings. |
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