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| What are three main cavities of the body? |
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| Thoracic, abdominal and pelvic |
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| Serous or Serosa Membrane |
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Made of simple squamous epithelium and connective tissue
Covers the contents of the body cavities |
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| What do the epithelial cells of the serous or series membrane produce? |
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Serous fluid
Lubricates the body cavities and their contents to reduce damage caused by the animal moving |
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| Lines the thoracic cavity |
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| Lines the abdominal cavity |
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| Covers the abdominal viscera |
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| What does the thoracic cavity contain? |
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Trachea, bronchi & lungs
Heart & major blood vessels
Oesophagus
Parietal Pleura & Pulmonary Pleura |
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| Divided into the left and right pleural cavities by a double layer of pleura called the mediastinum |
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| Contains the pericardial cavity (surrounding the heart). The pericardium is a double layer of membrane found within the mediastinum and contains the heart |
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| What does the mediastinum contain? |
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Heart
Trachea
Oesophagus
Thymus
Major blood vessels |
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| What is the abdominal cavity divided into? |
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Cranial Region
Middle Region
Caudal Region |
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| What viscera the abdominal cavity contain? |
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Stomach, small & large intestines
Kidneys, liver, spleen & pancreas
Bladder & reproductive organs (e.g. uterus in females)
Parietal peritoneum, viceral peritoneum |
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| What are the folds in the peritoneum? |
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Separates and attaches organs to the abdominal wall
e.g. mesoduodenum |
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Attaches the stomach to the abdominal wall
e.g. greater or lesser omentum |
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