Christina Jacobson
Assessment Concept Paper
Hca 220
Eva Hall
February 16, 2014

Assessment Concept Paper There are seven organizational approaches when studying the human body. These seven approaches are, body planes and body directions, body cavities, quadrants and regions, anatomy and physiology, microscopic to macroscopic, body systems, and medical specialties. These approaches are used to study the human body, all of which have different approaches when it comes to studying the human body. According to “The Human Body: Anatomical Regions, Directions, and Body Cavities” (n.d.), “body cavities are hollow that are surrounded by bones or muscles that support and protect the organs and structures within the cavity.” Body cavities have two major parts, the dorsal and ventral cavity. The dorsal cavity is located on the back of the body and the ventral cavity is located toward the front of the body. When studying the human body, the body cavities are split up into five cavities known as, cranial cavity, spinal cavity, thoracic cavity, abdominal cavity, and pelvic cavity. The cranial cavity contains the brain and the spinal cavity contains the spine. These two cavities are part of the dorsal body cavity that protects the nervous system. Thoracic cavity contains the heart and lungs, abdominal cavity contains the digestion, and the pelvic cavity contains the bladder, reproductive organs, and rectum. These three cavities are part of the ventral body cavity that houses the internal organs. The body cavity approach is used in health care when the study of a specific organ within the body, for example, the brain which is seen in the cranial cavity. Another way that this approach is used in health care for example is when one needs a x ray. By knowing the cavities this leads to the finding of the general part of the internal body. When someone comes in to have a x ray preformed on there chest we know that this will include the thoracic cavity.

Reference
The Human Body: Anatomical Regions, Directions, and Body Cavities. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://teacherweb.com/FL/PlantationHighSchool/MsZaino/Lab-1--The-Human-Body-Anatomical-Directions-and-Body-Cavities.pdf