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Spinal cavity
The cavity that contains the spinal cord.
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Resonating cavity
The anatomic intensifiers of the human voice, including the upper portion of the larynx, pharynx, nasal cavity, paranasal sinuses, and oral cavity.
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Pericardial cavity
The potential space between the epicardium (visceral pericardium) and the parietal pericardium. The space that exists between the heart and its enclosing membrane sac.
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Laryngeal cavity
The hollow inside the larynx from its inlet at the laryngopharynx to the beginning of the trachea. It has three segments (from top to bottom): vestibule of the larynx, ventricle of the larynx, infraglottic cavity.
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Joint cavity
The articular cavity or space enclosed by the synovial membrane and articular cartilages. It contains synovial fluid.
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Dorsal cavity
The body cavity composed of the cranial and spinal cavities.
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Articular cavity
The synovial cavity of a joint.
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Cavitation
Formation of a cavity. This process may be normal, as in the formation of the amnion in human development, or pathological, as in the development of cavities in lung tissue in pulmonary tuberculosis.
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Cavernous sinus syndrome
The clinical consequences of a blood clot in the sinus cavernosus. Symptoms commonly include headache, unilateral or bilateral facial pain, ocular paralysis, facial edema, and retinal edema. Muscle paralysis caused by impairment of the third, fourth, and sixth cranial nerves. This condition occurs due to a blood clot in the cavernous sinus, a dilated blood…
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Cavernosography
Radiological imaging of the corpus cavemosum.
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