front 1 dorsal cavity contains | back 1 cranial & vertebral cavities |
front 2 cranial cavity | back 2 contains brain |
front 3 vertebral cavity | back 3 contains spinal cord |
front 4 ventral cavity contains | back 4 thoracic & abdominopelvic cavities |
front 5 thoracic cavity | back 5 contains diaphragm; pleural cavities, mediastinum, pericardial cavity |
front 6 pleural cavity | back 6 surrounds lungs |
front 7 mediastinum | back 7 contains lungs; pericardial cavity |
front 8 pericardial cavity | back 8 surrounds the heart |
front 9 what separates the thoracic cavity from the abdominopelvic cavity? | back 9 diaphragm |
front 10 abdominopelvic cavity contains | back 10 abdominal & pelvic cavities |
front 11 abdominal cavity | back 11 contains the liver, gall bladder, stomach, kidneys, pancreas, small intestine, spleen, and most of large intestine |
front 12 pelvic cavity | back 12 contains bladder |
front 13 superior | back 13 toward the head |
front 14 inferior | back 14 away from the head; toward the lower part of a structure |
front 15 anterior | back 15 front of the body |
front 16 posterior | back 16 back of the body |
front 17 medial | back 17 near the midline of the body |
front 18 lateral | back 18 away from the midline |
front 19 superficial | back 19 on the outside |
front 20 deep | back 20 on the inside |
front 21 proximal | back 21 closer to the point of attachment |
front 22 distal | back 22 further from the point of attachment |
front 23 transverse plane | back 23 produces superior and inferior parts |
front 24 coronal plane | back 24 produces anterior and posterior parts |
front 25 midsagittal plane | back 25 produces equal left and right parts |
front 26 parasagittal plane | back 26 produces unequal left and right parts |