Body Cavities

Question 1

Cranial Cavity

Answer 1

houses brain

Question 2

Thoracic Cavity

Answer 2

everything above diaphram

Question 3

pericardial cavity

Answer 3

cavity within mediastinum

Question 4

Pleural Cavities

Answer 4

surrounds lungs

Question 5

Verebral Cavity

Answer 5

Spinal Cord + Spinal Nerves

Question 6

Oral Cavity

Answer 6

Oral Area

Question 7

Nasal Cavity

Answer 7

Nose area

Question 8

Middle Ear Cavity

Answer 8

Behind Ear Drum

Question 9

Peritoneal Cavity

Answer 9

Surrounds organs in liver, stomach + more

Question 10

Serous Membrane

Answer 10

• not exposed to the external environment

- attached to organ + outside of organ, against cavity wall

Question 11

Parietal Pericardium

Answer 11

Attached to the outside of cavity wall (heart)

Question 12

Visceral Pericardium (Epicardium)

Answer 12

Attached to the organ (Heart)

Question 13

Plueral Membrane

Answer 13

Lungs

Question 14

Visceral/Parietal Pleura

Answer 14

On the organ and outside of the organ attaches

Question 15

Peritoneal Membranes

Answer 15

Liver+Stomach+ more

Question 16

Serous Fluid 2 functions

Answer 16

• reduced friction (slippery)

- keeps two sides of the membrane stuck together

Question 17

Mucous Membrane

Answer 17

Are exposed to outside

Question 18

Where can the Mucous Membrane be found?

Answer 18

GI Tract
Inner Ear
Genital