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Name the Body cavities

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Axial and appendicular

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Axial cavity

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Head, neck, trunk

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Small cavities in the head

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Oral, nasal, orbital, middle ear

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Cranial cavity

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Brain

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Vertebral cavity

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Spinal cord

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Thoracic cavity

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Heart, lungs, mediastinum

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Abdominopelvic cavity

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Abdominal cavity and pelvic cavity

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Abdominal cavity

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Viscera of digestion and the spleen

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Pelvic cavity

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End of large intestine, urinary bladder, internal reproductive organs

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Parietal membranes

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Attaches to wall cavity

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Visceral membranes

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Covers internal organ

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Name membranes in thoracic cavity/lungs

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Pleural membranes; parietal pleura and visceral pleura

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Parietal pleura

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Lines the thoracic cavity

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Visceral pleura

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Covers lungs

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Names the membranes of the heart

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Pericardial membranes

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Pericardial membranes

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Visceral pericardium and parietal pericardium

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Visceral pericardium

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Membrane that touches the heart

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Parietal pericardium

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Outer layer membrane of heart

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Membranes of abdominpelvic cavity

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Peritoneal membranes

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Peritoneal membranes

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Parietal paritoneum and visceral peritoneum

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Parietal peritonium

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Lines wall or abdominopelvic cavity

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Visceral peritoneum

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Covers organs in abdominopelvic cavity

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Superior

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Above another part

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Inferior

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Below another part

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Anterior
(Ventral) toward the front
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Posterior
(Dorsal) toward the back
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Medial
Closer to the midline
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Lateral
Toward the side
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Bilateral
Paired structures with one on each side
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Ipsilateral
Structures on the same sides
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Contrlateral
Structures on opposite sides
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Proximal
Closer to point of attachment or other body part
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Distal
Further from point of attachment or another body part
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Superficial
Near the surface
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Peripheral
Outward or near the surface
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Deep
More internal
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Body sections
Sagittal, transverse, frontal
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Sagittal
Divides body into left and right portions
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Transverse
Horizontal - divides body into superior and inferior portions
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Frontal
Coronal - divides body into anterior and posterior sections
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Position terms of abdominal area
Epigastric, right and left hypochondriac, umbilical, right and left lumbo, hypogastric, right and left iliac
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4 quadrants of abdominal area
Right and left upper quadrant, right and left lower quadrants

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