Body Cavity

Question 1

Dorsal cavity

Answer 1

Bones of the cranial portion of the skull and vertebral column, toward the dorsal (posterior) side of the body.

Question 2

Ventral cavity

Answer 2

Anterior surface of torso; divided by diaphragm muscle into upper thoracic cavity and abdominal pelvic cavity.

Question 3

Thoracic cavity

Answer 3

The chest; trachea, bronchi, lungs, esophagus, heart and great blood vessels, thymus gland, lymph nodes, and nerves.

Question 4

Pleural cavities

Answer 4

Surround each lung

Question 5

Pericardial cavity

Answer 5

Contains the heart, plural cavity surrounds both pueral and the pericardial cavities.

Question 6

Abdominal pelvic cavity

Answer 6

Imaginary line that runs across the hipbones and divides the body and the abdominal and pelvic cavities.

Question 7

Abdominal cavity

Answer 7

Contain stomach, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, spleen, kidneys, and intestines,

Question 8

Pelvic cavity

Answer 8

Contains:, rectum, colon, urinary bladder column uterus.