GROSS ANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -The diaphragm is an upward curved, c-shaped structure of muscle and fibrous tissue that separates the thoracic cavity from the abdomen. The superior surface of the dome forms the floor of the thoracic cavity, and the inferior surface the roof of the abdominal cavity.

Detailed explanation-2: -The abdominal and pelvic cavities are bounded by the respiratory diaphragm cranially (superiorly), the inferior ribs and bony pelvis laterally, and the pelvic diaphragm caudally (inferiorly) (Figure 4.12E, F).

Detailed explanation-3: -The diaphragm is a muscular structure that is present below the lungs or anatomically the diaphragm is considered to be present inferior to the lungs.

Detailed explanation-4: -The heart is SUPERIOR to the diaphragm. Below. The liver is INFERIOR to the diaphragm. Toward the ventral side, toward the front or belly.

Detailed explanation-5: -abdominal cavity, largest hollow space of the body. Its upper boundary is the diaphragm, a sheet of muscle and connective tissue that separates it from the chest cavity; its lower boundary is the upper plane of the pelvic cavity.