body cavities

Question 1

viscera

Answer 1

body’s internal organs

Question 2

cranial (crani/o + -al) cavity

Answer 2

dorsal cavity; lies inside the skull and contains brain; the brain is protected by a membrane sac call the meninges

Question 3

spinal (spin/o + -al) cavity

Answer 3

dorsal cavity; formed by a canal through the vertebrae; contains spinal cord; spinal cord also protected ty the meninges

Question 4

thoracic (thorac/o + -ic) cavity

Answer 4

superior of two ventral cavities; found enclosed by the ribs and separated from the abdominopelvic cavity by the diaphragm muscle; contains organs such as lungs, heart, esophagus, trachea, aorta, and thymus glad; can be subdivided into one central and two lateral regions: mediastinum (central region) and pleural cavities (lateral regions)

Question 5

abdominopelvic (abdomin/o + pelv/o + -ic cavity)

Answer 5

inferior of two ventral cavities; large cavity generally subdivided into abdominal and pelvic cavities; however, there is not clear structure indicating where on cavity stops and the other begins; organs of abdominopelvic cavity are protected by membrane covering called the peritoneum: 
abdominal cavity (stomach, liver, gallbladder, spleen, pancreas, small intestine, most of large intestine
pelvic cavity (everything else)
KIDNEYS are the only major abdominopelvic organs that lie outside (behind) of the peritoneum (thus their position is called retroperitoneal)