chapter 1

Question 1

peritoneum

Answer 1

thin membrane that lines and covers the contents of the abdomen

Question 2

Cardiac muscle

Answer 2

makes up the heart and work “automatically”

Question 3

skeletal muscle

Answer 3

moves the bones of the skeleton and is under conscious nervous system control

Question 4

visceral layer

Answer 4

layer that covers the organs

a part of the pleura

Question 5

parietal layer

Answer 5

layer that lines the whole thoracic cavity

part of the pleura

Question 6

Ventral Body cavity

Answer 6

large space in the body that is divided by the thin diaphragm muscle into the cranium throcic cavity (chest) and caudal abdominal cavity