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✔✔Major Body Cavities - ✔✔Dorsal cavity, Cranial cavity, Spinal cavity, Ventral cavity,
Thoracic Cavity, Abdominal Cavity
✔✔Dorsal Cavity - ✔✔-located along the back of the body and head
-contains organs of nervous system
-divided into two portions
✔✔Cranial Cavity - ✔✔-located within the skull, surrounds and protects the brain
✔✔Spinal Cavity - ✔✔-Located within the spinal column; surrounds and protects the
spinal cord
✔✔Ventral cavity - ✔✔-Located along the front of the body
-Contains body organs that sustain homeostasis
✔✔The Ventral Cavity is divided into - ✔✔Thoracic Cavity, Abdominal Cavity
✔✔Thoracic Cavity - ✔✔surrounds and protects heart/lungs
✔✔Abdominal Cavity - ✔✔Contains major organs of digestion
✔✔Quadrants of the Abdomen - ✔✔Right upper quadrant (RUQ)
Left upper quadrant (LUQ)
Right lower quadrant (RLQ)
Left lower qudrant (LLQ)
✔✔Peritoneum - ✔✔-Multilayered membrane
-Protects and holds the organs in place within the abdominal cavity
✔✔Parietal Peritoneum (OUTSIDE) - ✔✔-Outer layer, lines the interior of abdominal
wall
✔✔Mesentery (MIDDLE) - ✔✔-Double layer, attaches parts of intestine to interior
abdominal wall
✔✔Visceral Peritoneum - ✔✔Inner Layer; surround organs of abdominal cavity (on the
inside, up against in the organ)
✔✔Regions of the thorax and abdomen: - ✔✔comprise a descriptive system that divides
the abdomen and lower portion of the thorax into nine parts