Planes of the body, cavities and regio

Sagittal plane

Vertical plane divided into left and right sections

Frontal plane

Divided into anterior and posterior sections

Transverse plane

Horizontal plane divided into superior and inferior sections

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How many sets of cavities are there?

Dorsal cavities

Protects the nervous system

Cranial cavity

Sits in the skull and houses the brain

Spinal cavities

Runs thru vertebral column encase spinal cord

Thoracic cavity

Protected by the ribs and muscle in chest

Pleural cavity

each contain a lung

Pericardial cavity

Surrounded by the heart

Located in the mediastrum

Mediastrum

Includes treacha and the esophagus

Dorsal and ventral

Name 2 sets of cavities

Diaphram

What divides the thoracic and a domino pelvic cavities

Abdominal cavity

Houses the stomach, intestine, spleen and liver

Pelvic cavity

Located in bony pelvis houses bladder reproductive organs and rectum

Serosa

Serous membrane that secrete fluid to help with friction when the organs are moving

Oral cavity

Mouth teeth and tongue

Orbital cavity

Eyes

Middle ear cavity

Inside the skull medial to eardrums

Nasal cavity

Within n posterior to the nose

Synovial cavity

Surround moveables joints

Parietal

Membrane that surrounds the cavity

Visceral

Membrane that lines the organs