Body cavities

Annotations:

• spaces within the body the house the internal organs

1. Dorsal
   1. Cranial
   2. Verterbral
2. Ventral

   Annotations:

   • parietal serosa- thin membrane that lines the cavitiy wall visceral serosa- the portion that covers the organs
   1. Thoracic
      1. Pleural
         1. serosa= pleura
      2. Mediastinum
         1. Pericardal
            1. serosa= pericardium
   2. Abdominopelvic
      1. Abdominal
      2. Pelvic
      3. serosa= peritoneum
         1. peritoneal cavity
            1. peritoneal fluid
         2. parietal
         3. visceral