Body Cavities

Question 1

located toward the back of the body

Answer 1

dorsal body cavity

Question 2

houses our central nervous system

Answer 2

dorsal body cavity

Question 3

houses the brain

Answer 3

cranial cavity (superior)

Question 4

houses the spinal cord

Answer 4

vertebral cavity

Question 5

larger cavity located toward the front of the body

Answer 5

ventral body cavity

Question 6

contains our visceral organs / guts

Answer 6

ventral body cavity

Question 7

sits superior to the abdominopelvic cavity

Answer 7

thoracic cavity

Question 8

contains organs such as the heart, lungs, trachea and esophagus

Answer 8

thoracic

Question 9

houses the left lung

Answer 9

left pleural cavity

Question 10

houses organs such as the heart, esophagus, thymus gland, and trachea

Answer 10

mediastinum

Question 11

the heart is surrounded by its own cavity

Answer 11

pericardial cavity

Question 12

houses the right lung

Answer 12

right pleural cavity

Question 13

inferior to diaphragm

Answer 13

abdominopelvic cavity

Question 14

contains various digestive and reproductive organs

Answer 14

abdominopelvic cavity

Question 15

contains organs such as the liver, stomach, pancreas, spleen, gallbladder, intestines and kidneys

Answer 15

abdominal cavity (superior)

Question 16

contains the bladder, reproductive organs, and the distal portions of the large intestines (sigmoid colon and rectum)

Answer 16

pelvic cavity (inferior)

Question 17

the cavity that surrounds most of the organs

Answer 17

peritoneal cavity

Question 18

separates the thoracic and abdominopelvic cavity

Answer 18

diaphragm