Body Cavities

Question 1

What body cavity is indicated by the star?

Answer 1

Cranial Cavity

Question 2

What cavity is indicated by the star?

Answer 2

Vertebral Canal

Question 3

What cavity is indicated by the star?

Answer 3

Thoracic Cavity

Question 4

What cavity is indicated by the star?

Answer 4

Abdominal Cavity

Question 5

What cavity is indicated by the star?

Answer 5

Pelvic Cavity

Question 6

The abdominal and pelvic cavity make up what ventral body cavity?

Answer 6

Abdominopelvic Cavity

Question 7

What is the cavity identified with the star?

Answer 7

Nasal Cavity

Question 8

What cavity is the arrow pointing at?

Answer 8

Oral Cavity

Question 9

Answer 9

Left Pleural Cavity

Question 10

Answer 10

Right Pleural Cavity

Question 11

Answer 11

Pericardial Cavity

Question 12

This anatomical structure (indicated by the arrow) divides the thoracic cavity from the abdominopelvic.

Answer 12

Diaphragm

Question 13

Answer 13

Pelvic Cavity

Question 14

What do pleural cavities surround?

Answer 14

The lungs

Question 15

What is the mediastinum?

Answer 15

Space between the lung.

Question 17

Parietal Layer

Answer 17

The layer that lines the cavity wall. The “outline” of the cavity.

Question 18

Visceral Layer

Answer 18

Layer attached to (directly covers) the organ.

Question 19

Pericardial Cavity

Answer 19

The membrane around the heart. This is the “area” between the visceral and parietal layers.

Question 20

Organs are often isolated from cavity walls and other organs by double-layered…

Answer 20

Membranes

Question 21

This is the ______ pericardium

Answer 21

Parietal

Question 22

This is the ______ layer. What does is it touching?

Answer 22

Visceral. It is touching/covering the heart (organ).

Question 23

This is the pericardial ______?

Answer 23

cavity

Question 24

What is the pericardial cavity filled with?

Answer 24

Serous Fluid