body cavities

Question 1

the human organism can be divided into several portions, this one contains the head, neck & trunk

Answer 1

axial portion

Question 2

This portion contains the upper and lower limbs

Answer 2

appendicular portion

Question 3

Which cavities are contained within the axial portion?

Answer 3

cranial cavity, vertebral canal, thoracic cavity, & abdominopelvic cavity.

Question 4

The organs contained within the thoracic and abdominopelvic cavities are called the ____

Answer 4

viscera

Question 5

The broad, thin muscle separating the lower abdominopelvic cavity from the thoracic cavity

Answer 5

diaphragm

Question 6

This region separates the thoracic cavity into two compartments, w which contain the right and left lungs

Answer 6

mediastinum

Question 7

Which thoracic viscera are containing WITHIN the mediastinum?

Answer 7

the heart, esophagus, trachea, and thymus gland

Question 8

What are the two portions f the abdominopelvic cavity?

Answer 8

upper abdominal portion and lower pelvic portion

Question 9

Describe the abdominopelvic cavity

Answer 9

extends from the diaphragm to the floor of the pelvis; wall consists primarily of skin, skeletal muscles, and bones.

Question 10

Which viscera are contained within the abdominal cavity?

Answer 10

stomach, liver, spleen, gallbladder, kidneys & most of the small and large intestines

Question 11

The hip bones enclose the____

Answer 11

pelvic cavity

Question 12

the pelvic cavity contains the ___

Answer 12

urinary bladder, terminal portion of the large intestine, and the internal reproductive organs

Question 13

The organ cavity contains…

Answer 13

the teeth and tongue

Question 14

Describe the nasal cavity.

Answer 14

located within nose and divided into high an left portions by nasal septum; contains several air-filled sinuses

Question 15

What are the names of the two sinuses within the nasal cavity?

Answer 15

the frontal and sphenoidal sinuses

Question 16

The orbital cavities include…

Answer 16

the eye and associated skeletal muscles and nerves

Question 17

The middle ear cavities include…

Answer 17

the middle ear bones

Question 18

the walls of the right and left thoracic compartments, which contain the lungs, are lined with which membrane?

Answer 18

the parietal pleura

Question 19

which membrane covers the lungs?

Answer 19

the visceral pleura

Question 20

what is the thin film of watery fluid separating the parietal and visceral pleural membranes?

Answer 20

serous fluid, which these membranes secrete

Question 21

the space between the membranes is called the _____ cavity

Answer 21

pleural

Question 22

The ____ membrane surrounds the heart

Answer 22

pericardial

Question 23

which membrane covers the heart surface

Answer 23

visceral pericardium

Question 24

The ____ ____ is the potential space between the parietal pericardium and the visceral pericardium

Answer 24

pericardial cavity

Question 25

What are the lining membranes in the abdominopelvic cavity?

Answer 25

the peritoneal membranes

Question 26

Which membrane lines the walls of the abdominopelvic cavity?

Answer 26

the parietal peritoneum

Question 27

What membrane covers each organ in the abdominal cavity?

Answer 27

a visceral peritoneum

Question 28

What is the potential space called between the two abdominal membranes called?

Answer 28

the peritoneal cavity

Question 29

which organs occupy the cranial cavity? the vertebral canal?

Answer 29

skull/brain; spinal cord within the vertebrae

Question 30

name the cavities of the head.

Answer 30

orbital, oral, nasal, and middle ear