Body Cavities

Question 1

Cranial cavity

Answer 1

(Dorsal body cavity) - Houses the brain

Question 2

Vertebral cavity

Answer 2

(Dorsal body cavity) - Houses the spinal cord

Question 3

Meninges

Answer 3

(Dorsal body cavity) Membranes that surround structures located in the dorsal body cavity.

Question 4

Thoracic cavity

Answer 4

(Ventral body cavity) - Houses the lungs and the heart

Question 5

Abdominopelvic cavity

Answer 5

(Ventral body cavity) - Houses organs of the digestive, reproductive and urinary systems

Question 6

Diaphragm

Answer 6

(Ventral body cavity) - Skeletal muscle that separates the thoracic and abdominopelvic cavities.

Question 7

Serous membrane

Answer 7

(Ventral body cavity) - Surrounds structures in the ventral body cavity.

Question 8

(Dorsal body cavity) - Houses the brain

Answer 8

Cranial cavity

Question 9

(Dorsal body cavity) - Houses the spinal cord

Answer 9

Vertebral cavity

Question 10

(Dorsal body cavity) Membranes that surround structures located in the dorsal body cavity.

Answer 10

Meninges

Question 11

(Ventral body cavity) - Houses the lungs and the heart

Answer 11

Thoracic cavity

Question 12

(Ventral body cavity) - Houses organs of the digestive, reproductive and urinary systems

Answer 12

Abdominopelvic cavity

Question 13

(Ventral body cavity) - Skeletal muscle that separates the thoracic and abdominopelvic cavities.

Answer 13

Diaphragm

Question 14

(Ventral body cavity) - Surrounds structures in the ventral body cavity.

Answer 14

Serous membrane