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