Body Cavities & Mesenteries

Question 1

Types of body cavities

Answer 1

Cranial
Thoracic
Abdominal

Question 2

What’s in the thoracic cavity?

Answer 2

Pleural cavities
Mediastinum
Pericardial cavity

Question 3

Pleural cavities

Answer 3

Contains the lungs
Parietal and visceral pleura
Pleural space

Question 4

Mediastinum

Answer 4

Space between the pleural cavities

Question 5

Pericardial cavity

Answer 5

Surrounds the heart
Visceral pericardium
Parietal pericardium
Fibrous pericardium
Pericardial space

Question 6

Abdominal cavity

Answer 6

Located caudal to the diaphragm
Peritoneal cavity
Retroperitoneal cavity

Question 7

Peritoneal cavity

Answer 7

Holds all the organs you can scoop

Question 8

Retroperitoneal cavity

Answer 8

Kidneys

Question 9

Serosa

Answer 9

-Is a membrane lining the walls and covering the organs that fill closed cavities
-simple squamous epithelium w/loose CT

Question 10

Two types of serosa

Answer 10

Parietal layer
Visceral layer

Question 11

Parietal layer

Answer 11

Lines the cavity walls

Question 12

Parietal pleura

Answer 12

Lines pleural cavities

Question 13

Parietal peritoneum

Answer 13

Lines peritoneal cavity

Question 14

Parietal pericardium

Answer 14

Lines pericardial sac

Question 15

Visceral layer

Answer 15

Covers the outer surface of the organs

Question 16

Visceral pleural

Answer 16

Lining the lungs

Question 17

Visceral peritoneum

Answer 17

Lines the peritoneal organs

Question 18

Visceral pericardium

Answer 18

Lines the heart

Question 19

Mesentery

Answer 19

Membranes suspending organs within the body cavities

Question 20

Abdominal mesentaries

Answer 20

Falciform ligament
Greater omentum
Lesser omentum
Mesentery proper

Question 21

Falciform ligament

Answer 21

Extends from the liver to diaphragm
Call fill in w/fat

Question 22

Greater omentum

Answer 22

Suspends stomach to dorsal body wall
Double layered
Greater curvature

Question 23

OMental bursa

Answer 23

Potential space between layers

Question 24

Epiploic foramen

Answer 24

Opening of the bursa into the peritoneal cavity

Question 25

Lesser omentum

Answer 25

Much less extensive Mesentery extending from the lesser curvature of the stomach to the liver

Question 26

Mesentery proper

Answer 26

Attaches abdominal wall opposite the second lumbar vertebra by an attachment known as the root of the Mesentery

Question 27

Answer 27

Abdominal peritoneal cavity

Question 28

Answer 28

Falciform ligament

Question 29

Answer 29

Greater omentum

Question 30

Answer 30

Diaphragm

Question 31

Answer 31

Heart within mediastinum

Question 32

Answer 32

Lesser omentum

Question 33

Answer 33

Parietal peritoneum

Question 34

Answer 34

Visceral peritoneum

Question 35

Answer 35

Root of the Mesentery

Question 36

Answer 36

Great Mesentery(proper)

Question 37

Answer 37

Greater curvature

Question 38

Answer 38

Lesser curvature

Question 39

Answer 39

Retroperitoneal

Question 40

Answer 40

Pleura

Question 41

Answer 41

Diaphragm

Question 42

Answer 42

Mediastinum

Question 43

Answer 43

Pericardial sac

Question 44

Answer 44

Thoracic cavity

Question 45

Answer 45

Fibrous pericardium

Question 46

Answer 46

Pericardium

Question 47

Answer 47

Pleura