BODY CAVATIES

Question 1

CRANIAL

Answer 1

Lies within the rigid skull and encase the brain

Question 2

VERTEBRAL

Answer 2

Runs through the body vertebral column to enclose the delicate spinal cord.

Question 3

ABDOMINAL

Answer 3

The area that houses the stomach, intestines, liver, and other organs.

Question 4

PELVIC

Answer 4

The region that is partially enclosed by the bony pelvis and contains the reproductive organs, bladder, and rectum.

Question 5

VENTRAL

Answer 5

Thoracic and abdominopelvic cavities.

Question 6

DORSAL

Answer 6

Contains cranial and vertebral cavities.

Question 7

ORAL

Answer 7

Commonly called the mouth. contains the tongue and teeth. It is continuous with the rest of the digestive tube, which opens to the exterior at the anus.

Question 8

NASAL

Answer 8

Located within and posterior to the nose, the nasal cavity is part of the passages of the respiratory system.

Question 9

ORBITAL

Answer 9

In the skull, house the eyes and present them in an anterior position.

Question 10

MIDDLE EAR

Answer 10

Each middle ear cavity lies just medial to an eardrum and is carved into the bony skull. These cavities contain tiny bones that transmit sound vibrations to the hearing receptors in the inner ears.

Question 11

SYNOVIAL

Answer 11

Joint cavities-they are enclosed within fibrous capsules that surround the freely movable joints of the body, such as those between the vertebrae and the knee and hip joints.
Like the serous membranes of the ventral body cavity, membranes lining the synovial cavities secrete a lubricating fluid that reduces friction as the enclosed structures move across one another.