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| The brain is enclosed within the rigid skull. Continuous with the vertebral cavity. |
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| Vertebral (spianl) cavity |
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| The delicate spinal cord is protected by the vertebral column. Continuous with the cranial cavity. |
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| Contains and is subdivided by the cranial and vertebral cavities. |
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| Seperated from the ventral cavity by the diaphragm. The heart and lungs are within this cavity and protected by the rib cage. |
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| The cavity inferior to the diaphragm. Can be split into the superior abdominal cavity (stomach, intestines, liver, etc.) and the inferior pelvic cavity (enclosed by pelvis and containing the reproductive organs, bladder, and rectum). |
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| Contains and is subdvivided by the thoracic cavity and abdominopelvic cavity. |
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| A thin, double-layered membrane covering the walls and outer surfaces of the organs contained in the ventral body cavity. |
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| The membrane lining the cavity walls. |
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| The membrane covering the external surface of the organs within the cavity. |
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| Serosa lining the abdominal cavity and covering its organs. |
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| The serosa lining encasing the lungs. |
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| The serosa lining around the heart. |
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| Abdominopelvic region. The centermost region, which includes the umbilicus. |
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| Abdonino pelvic region. Immediately superior to the umbilical region; overlies most of the stomach. |
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| Hypogastric (pubic) region |
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| Abdonino pelvic region. Immediately inferior to the umbilical region; encompasses the pubic area. |
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| Abdonino pelvic region. Lateral to the hypogastric region and overlying the superior part of the hip bones. |
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| Abdonino pelvic region. Between the ribs and the flaring portion sof the hip bones; lateral to the umbilical region. |
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| Abdonino pelvic region. Flanking the pigastric region laterally and overyling the lower ribs. |
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| Contains the tongue and teeth. Continuous with the rest of the digestive tube, which opens to the exterior at the anus. |
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| Located within and posterior to the nose. Part of the passages of the respiratory system. |
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| In the skull, housing the eyes and presenting them in an anterior position. |
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| Medial to an eardrum and carved into the skull. Contain tiny bones that transmit sound vibrations to the organ of hearing in the inner ears. |
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| Joint cavities - enclosed within fiberous capsules that surround the freely movable joints of the body. Membranes lining the synovial cavities secrete a lubricating fluid that reduces friction as the enclosed structures move across one another. |
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