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What is a sagittal section?
What is a sagittal section?
- Cut made along a horizontal plane, dividing the body into superior and inferior parts
- Cut made down the median plane with equal right and left parts
- Cut that divides the body into anterior and posterior parts
- Cut made along the lengthwise plane of the body, dividing it into right and left parts (correct)
What is a midsagittal (median) section?
What is a midsagittal (median) section?
Cut made down the median plane of the body where right and left parts are equal.
What does a frontal (coronal) section do?
What does a frontal (coronal) section do?
- Divides the body into right and left parts
- Divides the body into anterior and posterior parts (correct)
- Cuts the body into equal halves
- Divides the body into superior and inferior parts
What is a transverse (cross) section?
What is a transverse (cross) section?
What does the dorsal body cavity consist of?
What does the dorsal body cavity consist of?
What is the cranial cavity?
What is the cranial cavity?
What is the spinal cavity?
What is the spinal cavity?
What is the ventral body cavity?
What is the ventral body cavity?
What is the thoracic cavity?
What is the thoracic cavity?
What is the abdominopelvic cavity?
What is the abdominopelvic cavity?
What is the abdominal cavity?
What is the abdominal cavity?
What does the pelvic cavity house?
What does the pelvic cavity house?
Study Notes
Body Planes and Sections
- Sagittal Section: A longitudinal cut dividing the body into right and left parts.
- Midsagittal (Median) Section: A cut along the median plane resulting in equal right and left halves.
- Frontal (Coronal) Section: A lengthwise cut that divides the body into anterior (front) and posterior (back) parts.
- Transverse (Cross) Section: A horizontal cut dividing the body or organ into superior (upper) and inferior (lower) parts.
Body Cavities
- Dorsal Body Cavity: Contains the cranial cavity and the spinal cavity, protecting the brain and spinal cord respectively.
- Cranial Cavity: The space within the skull that houses the brain.
- Spinal Cavity: Extends from the cranial cavity down the vertebral column, enclosing and protecting the spinal cord with vertebrae.
Ventral Body Cavity
- Ventral Body Cavity: Larger than the dorsal cavity, containing structures in the thorax and abdomen.
- Thoracic Cavity: The superior section of the ventral cavity, separated by the diaphragm; includes the mediastinum, which divides the lungs and houses the heart and trachea.
- Abdominopelvic Cavity: Located inferior to the diaphragm, further divided into abdominal and pelvic cavities.
Abdominal and Pelvic Cavities
- Abdominal Cavity: Houses vital organs such as the stomach, liver, and intestines.
- Pelvic Cavity: Located below the abdominal cavity, containing reproductive organs, bladder, and rectum.
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