Body Cavities and their Organs

Question 1

What is the posterior cavity? The anterior cavity?

Answer 1

dorsal, and ventral cavities

Question 2

what do the dorsal and ventral cavities do?

Answer 2

protect delicate internal organs
- ventral allows for size change in the shape of the organs as they perform their functions
ex: stomach expanding after eating

Question 3

what sub-cavities are apart of the dorsal cavity? What do these sub-cavities enclose?

Answer 3

cranial cavity: brain
spinal cavity: spinal cord

Question 4

What are the sub-cavities of the ventral cavity? What organs do they enclose?

Answer 4

thoracic cavity: lungs and heart
abdomino-pelvic cavity (houses the abdominal and pelvic cavity)
abdominal: digestive organs
pelvic: reproductive