BSCI 201 Midterm: study guid for exam 1

• School: University of Maryland
• Department: Biological Sciences Program
• Course: BSCI 201
• Professor: Opoku

Document Summary

Dorsal body cavity superior cranial cavity houses the brain: spinal (vertebral) cavity houses the spinal cord. Hence the spinal caity begina at the foreman magnum. Ventral body cavity is larger than the dorsal body cavity. Ventral body cavity separated by a skeletal muscle called the diaphragm into the superior thorcoc cavity and two inferior abdominipelvic cavity. Compartimentalization: in the thoracic cavity, each lung is surrounded by membranes called pleural sac; heart is surrounded by membrane called the. Inferior abdonmincpelvic cavity - houses most of the digestive organs, the reproductive organs, urinary organs most of organs are surrounded by membrane called peritoneal sac ; few organs in the abpelvic cavity are not surrounded by the membranes. Retroperitoneal organs (kidneys, pancreas) not as protected . Peritoneal sac: are composed of membranes called the serous membranes, surround organs in the ventral body cavity specific names depended on the organ.