Body Cavities

Question 1

Dorsal Cavity

Answer 1

Contains Cranial and Vertebral cavities.

Question 2

Cranial Cavity

Answer 2

Contains the brain.

Question 3

Vertebral Cavity

Answer 3

Contains the spinal cord.

Question 4

Ventral Cavity

Answer 4

Divided into the Thoracic and Abdominopelvic cavities.

Question 5

Thoracic Cavity

Answer 5

Divided into the Superior Mediastinum, the pericardial cavity within the mediastinum, and two pleural cavities.

Question 6

Pericardial Cavity

Answer 6

Contains the heart surrounded by the pericardial sac.

Question 7

Pleural Cavities

Answer 7

Contain the lungs.

Question 8

Superior Mediastinum

Answer 8

Contains the trachea, thymus, and esophagus.

Question 9

Abdominal Cavity

Answer 9

Contains the digestive viscera (stomach, intestines, liver, gallbladder, and pancreas)

Question 10

Pelvic Cavity

Answer 10

Contains the internal reproductive organs, urinary bladder, and rectum.

Question 11

Serous Membrane

Answer 11

A double layered membrane that covers organs and the walls of their cavities with fluid in between.

Question 12

Pleura, Pericardium, Peritoneum

Answer 12

Serous membranes that cover the lungs/pleural cavity, heart/pericardial cavity, and abdominal viscera/abdominal cavity respectively.