HAN 200 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Pericardium, Hip Bone, Abdominopelvic Cavity

• School: Stony Brook University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: HAN 200
• Professor: Rasheed Davis

Document Summary

* locate and name the major body cavities and their subdivisions and associated membranes, and list the major organs contained within them. * name the four quadrants or nine regions of the abdominopelvic cavity and list the organs they contain. Dorsal body cavity: protects the fragile nervous system organs; has two subdivisions. Cranial cavity: located in the skull, encases the brain. Vertebral/spinal cavity: runs within the bony vertebral column, encloses the spinal cord. Ventral body cavity: houses the viscera/visceral organs: internal organs; has two subdivisions. Thoracic cavity: surrounded by rubs and muscles of the chest: pleural cavities: lateral cavities each enveloping a lung. Membranes in the ventral body cavity: ex. Allows organs to slide without friction across the cavity walls and one another: mediastinum: medial cavity containing the pericardial cavity. Pericardial cavity: encloses the heart and surrounds the remaining thoracic organs (esophagus, trachea, and others) Umbilical region: the centermost region deep to the surrounding umbilicus (navel)