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What are the cavities located in the thoracic cavity? (2)

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  1. Mediastinum

2. Pleural cavities

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Where would you find the mediastinum?

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Mid portion of the thoracic cavity

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What does the mediastinum house? (9)

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  1. Heart
  2. Trachea
  3. Bronchi
  4. Esophagus
  5. Thymus
  6. Blood vessels
  7. Lymph vessels
  8. Lymph nodes
  9. Nerves
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Where would you find the pleural cavities?

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On both sides of the mediastinum

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What does the pleural cavity house?

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Lungs

  • right lung in right pleural cavity
  • left lung in left pleural cavity
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What are the cavities located in the abdominopelvic cavity? (2)

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  1. Abdominal cavity

2. Pelvic cavity

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What does the abdominal cavity house? (8)

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  1. Stomach
  2. Intestines
  3. Liver
  4. Gallbladder
  5. Pancreas
  6. Spleen
  7. Kidneys
  8. Ureters
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What does the pelvic cavity house? (3)

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  1. Reproductive organs
  2. Urinary bladder
  3. Lowest part of the intestines
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What 2 cavities make up the dorsal cavity?

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  1. Cranial cavity

2. Spinal cavity

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What does the cranial cavity house?

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The brain

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What does the spinal cavity house?

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The spinal cord

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What is in the ventral cavity?

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Everything beside the brain and spinal cord

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What are 2 divisions of the body?

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  1. Axial

2. Appendicular

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What does the axial region include? (3)

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  1. Head
  2. Neck
  3. Torso/trunk
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What does the appendicular region include?

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Appendages

- upper and lower extremities

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What are the 9 regions of the abdominopelvic cavity?

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  1. Right hypochondriac
  2. Left hypochondriac
  3. Epi/hyper gastric region
  4. Right lumbar region
  5. Left lumbar region
  6. Umbilical region
  7. Right iliac (inguinal) region
  8. Left iliac (inguinal) region
  9. Hypogastric region
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What does condria mean?

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What does hypo mean?

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What does hyper mean?

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What does gastric refer to?

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What are the 4 divisions of the abdominopelvic cavity?

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  1. Right upper quadrant (superior)
  2. Right lower quadrant (inferior)
  3. Left upper quadrant (superior)
  4. Left lower quadrant (inferior)
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What does superior refer to? (3)

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  1. Toward the head
  2. Upper
  3. Above
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What does inferior refer to? (3)

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  1. Toward the feet
  2. Lower
  3. Below
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What does anterior refer to?

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What does posterior refer to?
In back of
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What does medial refer to?
Toward the midline of a structure
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What does lateral refer to? (2)
1. Away from the midline | 2. Toward the side of the body
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What does proximal refer to? (2)
1. Toward or nearest the trunk | 2. Nearest the point of origin of a structure
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What does distal refer to? (2)
1. Away from the trunk | 2. Farthest from a structures point of origin
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What does superficial refer to?
Nearer the body surface
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What does deep refer to? (2)
1. Farther away from the body's surface | 2. Going towards the inside of the body
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What is very important when you are giving anatomical directions?
To have a frame of reference
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What are 7 terms related to organs?
1. Lumen 2. Central 3. Peripheral 4. Medullary 5. Cortical 6. Apical 7. Basal
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Lumen
Hollow area of an organ
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Central
Near the centre
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Peripheral
Near the outer boundaries | - periphery
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Medullary
Inner region | - core
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Cortical
Outer region
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Apical
Narrow tip
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What is an example of an apex?
Bottom tip of the heart
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Basal
Base or widest part
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When we use central/peripheral, what system are we referring to?
The nervous system

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