Body Cavities

Question 1

Dorsal Cavity

Answer 1

Cranial cavity: brain
Spinal cavity: spinal cord

Question 1

Two major cavities

Answer 1

1. Dorsal Cavity
2. Ventral Cavity

Question 2

Ventral Body Cavity

Answer 2

Thoracic Cavity: heart and lungs
Abdominopelvic cavity: guts (viscera)

Question 3

Thoracic cavity

Answer 3

1. right and left pleural cavities
2. pericardial cavity
3. Mediastinum

Question 4

Abdominopelvic cavity/Peritoneal cavity

Answer 4

anything contained in peritoneum (serosa of peritoneal cavity) if outside peritoneum= retroperitoneal

Question 5

Pelvic cavity

Answer 5

1. Retroperitoneal
2. Peritoneal

Question 6

Retroperitoneal for pelvic cavity

Answer 6

-inferior large intestine
-inferior urinary bladder
-some reproductive organs

Question 7

Peritoneal for pelvic cavity

Answer 7

-superior urinary bladder
-ovaries
-uterus

Question 8

Right and Left Pleural cavities

Answer 8

-contain lungs
-serosa = pleura: visceral pleura covers lung parietal pleura lines cavity

Question 9

Pericardial cavity

Answer 9

-contains heart
-serosa=pericardium

Question 10

Pericardium

Answer 10

Visceral pericardium: covers heart
Parietal pericardium lines cavity

Question 11

Mediastinum

Answer 11

-division between pleural cavities
-contains: pericardial cavity (heart), esophagus, trachea, thymus

Question 12

Peritoneal for abdominal cavity

Answer 12

-liver
-stomach
-spleen
-small intestine
-most of large intestine

Question 13

Retroperitoneal for abdominal cavity

Answer 13

-kidneys
-pancreas