Body Cavities & Organs Contained

Question 1

Open Cavities

Answer 1

Open to external environment

Ex: oral cavity, inside the stomach, lungs, and bladder

Question 2

Closed Cavities

Answer 2

Entered only by cutting through a membrane

Ex: thoracic cavity and abdominopelvic cavity

Question 3

Viscera

Answer 3

Internal Organs

Question 4

Two Dorsal Cavities

Answer 4

Cranial and Spinal

Question 5

Two Ventral Cavities

Answer 5

Thoracic and abdominopelvic cavity

Question 6

Cranial Cavity

Answer 6

Brain protected by meninges

Question 7

Spinal Cavity

Answer 7

Spinal cord protected by meninges

Question 8

Mediastinum

Answer 8

Center of thoracic cavity

Contains all organs btwn. lungs, sternum, and vertebral column

Question 9

Pleural Cavity

Answer 9

Contains lungs encased by pleura

Question 10

Pericardial Cavity

Answer 10

In the mediastinum

Contains heart encased by the pericardium

Question 11

Abdominal Cavity

Answer 11

Contains digestive organs

Encased by peritoneum

Question 12

Diaphragm

Answer 12

Separates thoracic and abdominopelvic cavities

Question 13

Pelvic cavity

Answer 13

Contains bladder and reproductive organs encased by peritoneum