Body Cavities Diagrams. The following list identifies the cavities and subcavities of the human body. Cavity of the body that is located above the diaphragm.
These are the cavities created by serous membranes the pleural cavities the pericardial cavity and the peritoneal cavity and the mediastinum. Medical and crime shows have made body cavities all too familiar and anatomically speaking these spaces are very important providing housing and protection for vital organs. Learn vocabulary terms and more with flashcards games and other study tools.
Cavity of the body that is located above the diaphragm.
Start studying body cavities. Bones of the cranial portion of the skull and vertebral column toward the posterior dorsal. There are additional body cavities which we will only discuss in lecture. The ventral cavity can also be divided into two main parts.
