Body Cavities & Planes Deck (Practical 1)

Question 1

These 2 cavities are continuous but are considered separate entities.

Answer 1

What are the cranial & vertebral canals?

Question 2

This cavity contains the heart & lungs.

Answer 2

What is thoracic?

Question 3

This structure separates the thoracic & abdominal cavities.

Answer 3

What is the diaphragm?

Question 4

The trunk consists of these 3 body parts.

Answer 4

What are the head, torso, & pelvis?

Question 5

This cavity houses the liver.

Answer 5

What is abdominal?

Question 6

This cavity houses the spleen.

Answer 6

What is abdominal?

Question 7

This cavity houses the stomach.

Answer 7

What is abdominal?

Question 8

This cavity houses the brain.

Answer 8

What is cranial?

Question 9

This cavity houses the internal reproductive organs.

Answer 9

What is pelvic?

Question 10

This cavity houses the bladder.

Answer 10

What is pelvic?

Question 11

This cavity houses the spinal cord.

Answer 11

What is the vertebral canal (spinal)?

Question 12

Toward the left side of the body.

Answer 12

What is left?

Question 13

Toward the right side of the body.

Answer 13

What is right?

Question 14

Toward the front or belly.

Answer 14

What is anterior/ventral?

Question 15

Toward the back.

Answer 15

What is posterior/dorsal?

Question 16

Toward the head or upward & above; pertains to the trunk anatomy.

Answer 16

What is superior/cephalad?

Question 17

Toward the tail or downward & below; pertains to the trunk anatomy.

Answer 17

What is inferior/caudal?

Question 18

Toward the trunk or origin of a structure; pertains to the limb anatomy.

Answer 18

What is proximal?

Question 19

Further from the trunk or origin of a structure; pertains to the limb anatomy.

Answer 19

What is distal?

Question 20

Toward the midline (median plane).

Answer 20

What is medial?

Question 21

Further from the midline (median plane).

Answer 21

What is lateral?

Question 22

Toward the body surface.

Answer 22

What is superficial?

Question 23

Further away from the body surface.

Answer 23

What is deep?

Question 24

This plane divides an equal right and left.

Answer 24

What is midsagittal?

Question 25

This plane divides inferior and superior.

Answer 25

What is transverse?

Question 26

This plane divides an unequal right and left.

Answer 26

What is sagittal?

Question 27

This plane divides anterior and posterior.

Answer 27

What is frontal/coronal?