Body Cavities And Organs

Question 1

What organs are in the cranial cavity?

Answer 1

Brain

Question 2

What is in the vertebral canal?

Answer 2

Spinal cord and beginnings of spinal nerves

Question 3

What cavities are in the thoracic cavity?

Answer 3

Pleural, pericardial, and mediastinum

Question 4

What is the pleural cavity?

Answer 4

A potential space between the layers of the pleura that surrounds a lung

Question 5

What is the pericardial cavity?

Answer 5

A potential space between the layers of the pericardium that surrounds the heart

Question 6

What is the mediastinum and where does it extend to?

Answer 6

Central portion of thoracic cavity between the lungs; extends from sternum to vertebral column and from first rib to diaphragm

Question 7

What is in the mediastinum?

Answer 7

Heart, thymus, esophagus, trachea, and several large blood vessels

Question 8

What is in the abdominal cavity?

Answer 8

Stomach, spleen, liver, gallbladder, small intestine, and most of large intestine; the serous membrane of the abdominal cavity is the peritoneum

Question 9

What is in the pelvic cavity?

Answer 9

Urinary bladder, portions of large intestine, and internal organs of reproduction

Question 10

What is in the ventral body cavity?

Answer 10

Thoracic and abdominopelvic cavities

Question 11

What is in the dorsal body cavity?

Answer 11

Cranial cavity and vertebral cavity