Planes and Body Cavities

• Peritonium


  Membrane surrounding all of the organs within the abdominopelvic cavity
• Abdominopelvic Cavity


  Houses the abdominal cavity(stomach, spleen, liver, gall bladder, small intestine) and the pelvic cavity(part of the large intestine, urinary bladder, reproductive organs)
• Transverse Plane


  Horizontal cut dividing the body into superior and inferior portions
• Dorsal Body Cavity


  Collectively includes the cranial and spinal cavities
• Frontal Plane


  Sideways cut dividing body into anterior or posterior portions
• Pleura


  Membrane surrounding the lungs
• Oblique Plane 


  Any diagonal section cutting the body at an oblique angle
• Cranial Cavity


  Houses the brain
• Thoraic Cavity


  Houses the heart, lungs, esophagus, trachea
• Ventral Body Cavity

  Collectively includes the thoraic and abdominopelvic cavities
• Spinal Cavity

  Houses the spinal cord
• Pericardium

  Membrane surrounding the heart
• Appendicular Portion

  Arms, legs
• Saggital Plane

  Lengthwise/vertical cut dividing body into left and right portions
• Axial Portion

  Head, neck, trunk