2 large cavities of the axial portion:
- Dorsal body cavity
- Ventral body cavity
Dorsal body cavity includes:
Cranial and Vertebral (spinal) cavities
Ventral body cavity includes:
thoracic and abdominopelvic cavities
The following cavities houses what parts of the body:
- Cranial cavity-
- Vertebral cavity-
- Thoracic cavity-
- Abdominal cavity-
- pelvic cavity-
- brain
-spinal cord
- heart and lungs
-stomach, intestines and other digestive organs
- reproductive organs, bladder and rectum
Which body cavity would have to be opened for the following type of surgery or procedure:
Surgery to remove a cancerous lung lobe
Thoracic,frontal
Which body cavity would have to be opened for the following type of surgery or procedure:
Removal of the uterus, or womb
Abdominopelvic, ventral
Which body cavity would have to be opened for the following type of surgery or procedure:
Removal of a brain tumor
Cranial, dorsal
Which body cavity would have to be opened for the following type of surgery or procedure:
Appendectomy
Abdominopelvic, ventral
Which body cavity would have to be opened for the following type of surgery or procedure:
Stomach ulcer operation
Abdominopelvic, Ventral
Which body cavity would have to be opened for the following type of surgery or procedure:
Delivery of pre-operative "saddle" anesthesia
Vertebral, dorsal
Which organ system would not be represented in any of the body cavities?
Skin
What are the bony landmarks of the abdominopelvic cavity?
Hip bones