Body Cavities

Question 1

Cranial Cavity

Answer 1

Formed by cranium; houses the brain

Question 2

Vertebral Canal

Answer 2

Formed by vertebral column; contains the spinal cord

Question 3

Thoracic Cavity

Answer 3

Chest Cavity; bordered anteriorly and laterally by chest wall and inferiorly by diaphragm

Question 4

Mediastinum

Answer 4

Contains the pericardial cavity, thymus, trachea, esophagus, and major blood vessels

Question 5

Pericardial

Answer 5

Contains the heart

Question 6

Pleural

Answer 6

Contains the lungs

Question 7

Abdominopelvic

Answer 7

Composed of two parts; abdominal and pelvic cavities

Question 8

Abdominal

Answer 8

Bordered superiorly by the diaphragm and inferiorly by a horizontal plane between the superior ridges of the hip bones. Associated with the abdominal viscera, including stomach, spleen, liver, pancreas, small intestine, most of the larger intestine, kidneys, ureters

Question 9

Pelvic

Answer 9

Region located between the hip bones and interior to a horizontal plane between the superior ridges of the hip bones. Associated with the pelvic viscera, including urinary bladder and urethra, internal reproductive organs, some of the large intestine