body cavities

Question 1

divided into cranial and vertebral cavities, lined by membranous layers called meninges

Answer 1

dorsal cavity

Question 2

lies in skull, encases brain

Answer 2

cranial cavity

Question 3

runs through vertebral column, encloses spinal cord

Answer 3

vertebral cavity

Question 4

divided into thoracic and abdominopelvic cavities, separated by the diaphragm

Answer 4

ventral cavity

Question 5

contains protected by thoracic wall, heart, lungs, esophagus, pleural cavity, mediastinum, and pericardial cavity

Answer 5

thoracic cavity

Question 6

Group of structures in medial portion of thoracic cavity, includes everything but the lungs

Answer 6

mediastinum

Question 7

divided into admoninal and pelvic

Answer 7

abdominopelvic cavity

Question 8

stomach, intestines, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys

Answer 8

abdominal cavity

Question 9

bladder, reproductive organs, part of large intestine

Answer 9

pelvic cavity

Question 10

serous cavity that surrounds lungs.

Answer 10

pleural cavity

Question 11

serous cavity that surrounds heart

Answer 11

pericardial cavity

Question 12

fluid filled space between visceral peritoneum and partial peritoneum. lines abdominopelvic cavity

Answer 12

peritoneal cavity