Chapter 1- Body cavities

Question 0

Contains the spinal cord and is surrounded by sections of the backbone

Answer 0

Vertebral canal (spinal cavity)

Question 1

Houses the brain

Answer 1

Cranial cavity

Question 2

Region between lungs in thoracic cavity that separates the thorax into two compartments

Answer 2

Mediastinum

Question 3

Houses the lungs (separated into left and right)

Answer 3

Pleural cavities

Question 4

Includes an upper abdominal portion and a lower pelvic portion

Answer 4

Abdominopelvic cavity

Question 5

Contains the stomach, liver, spleen, gallbladder, kidneys, and small and large intestines

Answer 5

Abdominal cavity

Question 6

Enclosed by pelvic bones and contains the terminal end of the large intestine, urinary bladder and internal reproductive organs

Answer 6

Pelvic cavity

Question 7

Thin muscle that separates the thoracic cavity and abdominopelvic cavity

Answer 7

Diaphragm

Question 8

Contains the teeth and tongue

Answer 8

Oral cavity

Question 9

Located within the nose and divided into right and left portions by a nasal septum

Answer 9

Nasal cavity

Question 10

Containing the eyes and associated skeletal muscles and nerves

Answer 10

Orbital cavities

Question 11

Contains the middle ear bones

Answer 11

Middle ear cavity

Question 12

Serous membrane that lines the lungs

Answer 12

Parietal pleura

Question 13

Membrane that covers the lungs

Answer 13

Visceral pleura

Question 14

Membrane that covers the heart’s surface

Answer 14

Visceral pericardium (epicardium)

Question 15

Covered by fibrous pericardium

Answer 15

Parietal pericardium

Question 16

Lines wall of abdominopelvic cavity

Answer 16

Parietal peritoneum

Question 17

Membrane that covers most of the organs in the abdominopelvic cavity

Answer 17

Visceral peritoneum