Body Planes

Question 1

Is a vertical plane that divides the body or an organ into right and left side

Answer 1

Sagittal plane

Question 2

When such a plane passes through the midline of the body or an organ and divides it into equal right and left sides it is called a

Answer 2

Midsagittal plane

Question 3

If the sagittal plane does not pass through the midline but instead divides the body or an organ into an equal right and left side it is called a

Answer 3

Parasagittal plane

Question 4

Divides the body or an organ into anterior (front) and posterior (back) portions

Answer 4

A frontal or coronal plane

Question 5

Divides the body or an organ into superior upper and inferior lower portions

Answer 5

A transverse plane

Question 6

Passes through the body or an organ at an oblique angle

Answer 6

Oblique plane

Question 7

Are spaces that encloses internal organs

Answer 7

Body cavities

Question 8

The cranial bones from a hollow space of the head is called the

Answer 8

Cranial cavity

Question 9

Is formed by the ribs the muscles of the chest the sternum and the thoracic portion of the vertebral column

Answer 9

Thoracic cavity

Question 10

A potential space between the layers of the pleura that surrounds the lung

Answer 10

Pleural cavity

Question 11

A potential space between the layers of the per pericardium that surrounds the heart

Answer 11

Pericardial cavity

Question 12

Contain stomach spleen liver gallbladder small intestine and most of large intestine

Answer 12

Abdominal cavity

Question 13

Contains urinary bladder portions of large intestine and internal organs of reproduction

Answer 13

Pelvic cavity

Question 14

Is the serous membrane of the abdominal cavity

Answer 14

Peritoneum

Question 15

Is a slippery double layer membrane associated with body cavities that does not open directly to the exterior called a

Answer 15

Serous membrane

Question 16

Contains the spinal cord

Answer 16

Vertebral canal