-ABDOMINAL CAVITY-

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-as of [14 OCTOBER 2024]

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*THE 8 CAVITIES* —>

“CRANIAL CAVITY”

“DORSAL CAVITY”

“THORACIC CAVITY”

“SPINAL CAVITY”

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“PERITONEUM”

(‘serous membrane’ that lines ‘abdominal cavity’)

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*STOMACH*

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*LIVER*

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“GALLBLADDER”

(aids in fat digestion)

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“SMALL INTESTINE”

(absorption of minerals in food)

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“LARGE INTESTINE”

“CECUM”

(from latin “caecus” –> “blind”)
(first part of large intestine)

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“COLON”

(extracts ‘water’ + ‘salt’ from ‘solid wastes’)

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“RECTUM”

(latin for “straight”)
(as in “erection”)

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“ANAL CANAL”

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-ANUS-

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*the abdominal cavity is the largest ‘body cavity’ in ‘humans’ + many ‘animals’*

(holds the bulk of the ‘viscera’)

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(it is located below (inferior to) the thoracic cavity, and above the ‘pelvic cavity’)

(its dome-shaped roof is the thoracic diaphragm (a thin sheet of muscle under the lungs), and its oblique floor is the pelvic inlet (the superior opening of the ‘pelvis’))

(it is a part of the ‘abdominopelvic cavity’)

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(it is well connected with the ‘pleural (thoracic) cavity’)

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*👨‍🔬🕵️‍♀️🙇‍♀️*SKETCHES*🙇‍♂️👩‍🔬🕵️‍♂️*

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👈👈👈☜*“THE HUMAN DIGESTIVE SYSTEM”* ☞ 👉👉👉

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*🌈✨ *TABLE OF CONTENTS* ✨🌷*

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