Cavities and Quadrants

Question 1

Cranial cavity

Answer 1

Houses the brain

Question 2

Spinal ( vertebral) cavity

Answer 2

Bony cavity formed by the vertebra of the spine that houses and protects the spinal cord

Question 3

Dorsal body cavity

Answer 3

Holds the cranial and spinal (vertebral) cavities

Question 4

Ventral body cavity

Answer 4

Holds the thoracic and abdominopelvic cavity

Question 5

Thoracic cavity

Answer 5

-2 lungs (pleural cavity)
-heart, bronchi, esophagus, thymus (mediastinum)
- heart (pericardial cavity)

Question 6

Abdominopelvic cavity

Answer 6

• liver, spleen, intestines, kidney, stomach (abdominal cavity)
• intestines, bladder, reproductive organs (pelvic cavity)

Question 7

Abdominopelvic quadrants

Answer 7

Imaginary lines interacting the umbiculus (belly button)
used to describe the location of structures within the abdominopelvic cavity

Question 8

Quadrants

Answer 8

Right upper quadrant
Right lower quadrant
Left upper quadrant
Left lower quadrant

Question 9

Right upper quadrant (RUQ)

Answer 9

Liver, right kidney, gallbladder

Question 10

Right lower quadrant (RLQ)

Answer 10

Right ovary, appendix

Question 11

Left upper quadrant (LUQ)

Answer 11

Left kidney, stomach, pancreas

Question 12

Left lower quadrant (LLQ)

Answer 12

Left ovary