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  2. Dorsal body cavity - Wikipedia

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    The dorsal body cavity is located along the dorsal (posterior) surface of the human body, where it is subdivided into the cranial cavity housing the brain and the spinal cavity housing the spinal cord. The brain and spinal cord make up the central nervous system. [1] The two cavities are continuous with one another. [2] The covering and ...

  3. Body cavity - Wikipedia

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    The dorsal body cavity contains the cranial cavity, and the spinal cavity. The cranial cavity is a large, bean-shaped cavity filling most of the upper skull where the brain is located. The spinal cavity is the very narrow, thread-like cavity running from the cranial cavity down the entire length of the spinal cord.

  4. Spinal canal - Wikipedia

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    In human anatomy, the spinal canal, vertebral canal or spinal cavity is an elongated body cavity enclosed within the dorsal bony arches of the vertebral column, which contains the spinal cord, spinal roots and dorsal root ganglia. It is a process of the dorsal body cavity formed by alignment of the vertebral foramina.

  5. Spinal column - Wikipedia

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    The dorsal portion of the spinal column houses the spinal canal, an elongated cavity formed by the alignment of the vertebral neural arches that encloses and protects the spinal cord, with spinal nerves exiting via the intervertebral foramina to innervate each body segment. There are around 50,000 species of animals that have a vertebral column ...

  6. Head and neck anatomy - Wikipedia

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    The CNS is located within the dorsal cavity, and the PNS extends through the ventral cavity. The central nervous system provides control and coordination of all eleven body systems and utilizes the endocrine system to form hormone chemical messengers that transport through the blood to influence the activity of individual cells of the body and ...

  7. Pontine tegmentum - Wikipedia

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    The pontine tegmentum contains nuclei of the cranial nerves (trigeminal (5th), abducens (6th), facial (7th), and vestibulocochlear (8th) and their associated fibre tracts. . The dorsal pons also contains the reticulotegmental nucleus, the mesopontine cholinergic system comprising the pedunculopontine nucleus and the laterodorsal tegmental nucle

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  9. Cranial cavity - Wikipedia

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    The cranial cavity, also known as intracranial space, is the space within the skull that accommodates the brain. The skull is also known as the cranium . [ 1 ] The cranial cavity is formed by eight cranial bones known as the neurocranium that in humans includes the skull cap and forms the protective case around the brain.