Body cavities

Question 1

Encases, the brain

Answer 1

Cranial cavity

Question 2

Runs within the bony vertical column, encloses the spinal cord. It is continuous with the cranial cavity.

Answer 2

Vertebral -spinal cavity

Question 3

Foreign by the ribs, muscles of the chest, the breast bone and chest portion of the spine. Houses the heart and lungs. Separated from the abdominal pelvic cavity by the diaphragm.

Answer 3

Thoracic cavity

Question 4

Surrounds the heart

Answer 4

Pericardial cavity

Question 5

Surrounds each lung

Answer 5

Two pleural cavities

Question 6

Cavity between the long that contains all thoracic organs, except the lungs themselves. (heart, esophagus, trachea, thymus, and several large blood vessels.)

Answer 6

Mediastinum

Question 7

Extends from the diaphragm to the grind and is in circle by the abdominal wall and bones and muscles of the pelvis. The cavities, abdominal and pelvic, are not separated by a membrane or wall.

Answer 7

Abdominopelvic cavity