Body cavities

Question 1

What other cavities are in the ventral body cavity?

Answer 1

The thoracic
The abdominopelvic cavity

Question 2

What is the dorsal body cavity ?
What 2 cavities are there?

Answer 2

1. it is the back part of the body
2. It has the CRANIAL BODY CAVITY which only contains the brain.
3. VERTEBRAL BODY CAVITY contains the spinal cord

Question 3

What 2 type of membranes is there?

Answer 3

The visceral serosa = sticks to the organ
The parietal serosa = sticks to the wall of the cavity

Question 4

What is in the thoracic cavity?

Answer 4

The lung = Pleura
1. Visceral pleura
2. Parietal pleura
Pleura fluid which is in between #1 and #2

The heart = Pericardium
1. Visceral Pericardium
2. Parietal Pericardium
Pericardium fluid is in between #1 and #2

Question 5

What is in the abdominopelvic cavity?

Answer 5

all organs like the stomach, and liver.
1. The parietal peritoneum is the membrane that lines the abdominal cavity.
2. The Visceral peritoneum covers the organs
The peritoneum fluid

Question 6

What is the pelvic cavity ?

Answer 6

It contains the reproductive organs, bladder, and rectum

Question 7

What separates the Thoracic cavity and the abdominopelvic cavity ?

Answer 7

The Diaphragm