Body Cavities and Membranes

Question 1

serous membranes

Answer 1

thin sheets of tissues that form fluid filled body cavities

Question 2

cells of serous membranes

Answer 2

produce a thin watery liquid called serous fluid

Question 3

serous fluid

Answer 3

lubricates organs so they move within the cavity with little friction

Question 4

what two layers make up serous membranes

Answer 4

parietal and visceral

Question 5

parietal layer

Answer 5

attached to the body wall and surrounding structures

Question 6

visceral layer

Answer 6

attached to specific organs

Question 7

thoracic cavity

Answer 7

superior to the diaphragm; encompasses area incased by the ribs

Question 8

plueral cavities

Answer 8

each cavity surrounds a lung

Question 9

plueral membrane

Answer 9

2 layers of serous membrane

Question 10

parietal pleurae

Answer 10

attached to body wall and surface of diaphragm

Question 11

visceral pleurae

Answer 11

attached to surface of the lungs

Question 12

mediastinum

Answer 12

cavity between plueral cavities

Question 13

what is in the mediastinum

Answer 13

vessels, esophagus, trachea, bronchi, etc.

Question 14

pericardial membrane

Answer 14

cavity formed by a second double layer serous membrane

Question 15

parietal pericardium

Answer 15

cavity formed by a second double layered serous membrane

Question 16

visceral pericardium

Answer 16

attached to heart muscle

Question 17

pericardial cavity

Answer 17

filled with thin layer of serous fluid

Question 18

abdominal pelvic cavity

Answer 18

inferior to the diaphragm and extends to pelvis

Question 19

what is in the abdominal cavity

Answer 19

liver, gallbladder, part of the colon, small intestine, stomach, pancreas, kidneys, adrenal glands, spleen

Question 20

what is in the pelvic cavity

Answer 20

certain sex organs, urinary bladder, rectum and part of the colon

Question 21

what forms the peritoneal cavity

Answer 21

the parietal membrane which is a serous membrane

Question 22

parietal peritoneum

Answer 22

attached to body wall and surrounding structures

Question 23

visceral peritoneum

Answer 23

attached to surface of many abdominal and pelvic organs

Question 24

intraperitoneal organs

Answer 24

organs that are within the peritoneal cavity

Question 25

retroperitoneal organs

Answer 25

organs that are posterior to the peritoneal cavity