Body Planes & Cavities

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Dorsal (posterior) cavity

houses the cranial cavity and vertebral (spinal) cavity

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Cranial cavity

houses the brain

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Vertebral (spinal) cavity

encloses the spinal cord

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Ventral (anterior) cavity

houses the thoracic cavity and the abdominopelvic cavity

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Thoracic cavity

enclosed by the rib cage, contains the lungs and the heart

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Diaphragm

forms the floor of the thoracic cavity and separates it from the more inferior abdominopelvic cavity

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Abdominopelvic cavity

houses the abdominal cavity and the pelvic cavity

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Abdominal cavity

houses digestive organs

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Pelvic cavity

houses the organs of reproduction

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Abdominopelvic quadrants

  • Right upper quadrant (RUQ)

  • Right lower quadrant (RLQ)

  • Left upper quadrant (LUQ)

  • Left lower quadrant (LLQ)

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Abdominopelvic regions

in order (anterior view):

  • right hypochondriac region

  • right lumbar region

  • right iliac region

  • epigastric region

  • umbilical region

  • hypogastric region

  • left hypochondriac region

  • left lumbar region

  • left iliac region