Body Cavities

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Type, The Organization of the Human Body: Body Cavities on the search box.
Click on The Organization of the Human Body: Body Cavities.

Use the interactive object to label the diagrams below. Take important notes as you go through
section.

Divisions of the Human Body

1. - includes _, _,
2. - includes , ,

Color and label the divisions of

the human body in Figure A. Two Major Cavities in the Human Body
1.
= located at the back side
2.
= located at the front of the body

Smaller Cavities in the Head

1.
= cavities in the skull
2. = nose
3. = mouth
4.
= contains the eyes

Parts of the Dorsal Cavity

a.
= contains the protected by
the skull

b.
= contains the
protected by the vertebral column

Figure A
Label the dorsal cavity, cranial cavity, and the spinal cavity on Figure B.

Figure B

Organs found in both cranial and spinal cavities are protected by .

Parts of the Ventral Cavity

1. = superior to the diaphragm
2. = inferior to the diaphragm

separates the thoracic and the abdominopelvic cavity.

Label the thoracic, abdominal, pelvic, abdominopelvic, and ventral cavity, and the diaphragm
on Figure B.

- organ found within the thoracic cavity

- cavity found in the thoracic cavity that contains the lungs

- cavity found between the lungs contains the heart, thymus gland,
esophagus, trachea, and some blood vessels
Label the diaphragm, mediastinum, right and left pleural cavity, pericardial cavity, abdominal
cavity, pelvic cavity, abdominopelvic cavity, ventral cavity and thoracic cavity on Figure C.

Figure C

Examples of organs found in the abdominal cavity:

1.
2.
3.
4.

Examples of Organs found in the pelvic cavity:

1.
2.
3.

or serosa - protects the ventral cavity

- fluid secreted by the serous membrane that

and the layer linings.

Types of Serous Membrane (Serosa)

1. - serosa on the cavity wall
2. - serosa on the organ itself
 Assuming the hand is the organ and the air
in the balloon as the serous fluid, label the
parietal serosa, and visceral serosa on
Figure D.

Figure D

Types of Serosa
1. - serosa of the pleural cavity
2. - serosa of the heart
3. - serosa of the abdominopelvic cavity

Label the visceral pleura, and Label the visceral pericardium,

parietal pleura on Figure E. parietal pericardium on Figure F.

Figure E Figure F
Label the visceral peritoneum, parietal peritoneum on Figure G.

Figure G