HEAD NECK
CRANIAL CAVITY
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dorsal
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ventral
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abdominal
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throacic
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Detailed explanation-1: -The dorsal cavity is subdivided into the cranial and spinal cavities. The cranial cavity fills most of the upper part of the skull and contains the brain. The spinal cavity is a very long, narrow cavity inside the vertebral column. It runs the length of the trunk and contains the spinal cord.
Detailed explanation-2: -As seen in the image below, the dorsal cavity consists of two parts: the cranial cavity and the vertebral (spinal) cavity.
Detailed explanation-3: -The brain is contained in the cranial cavity, and the spinal cord is located in the vertebral canal that is formed by the 31 vertebral foramina from the individual vertebra. The two are continuous with one another at the foramen magnum of the occipital bone.