Chapter 1.6 - Orginization Of The Human Body

Question 1

Axial Portion

Answer 1

Head, neck, and trunk

Question 2

Appendicular Portion

Answer 2

Upper and lower limbs

Question 3

Houses the brain

Answer 3

Cranial cavity

Question 4

Contains spinal cord and surrounding backbone

Answer 4

Vertebral cavity

Question 5

Organs contained within the thoracic and abdominopelvic cavities

Answer 5

Viscera

Question 6

Muscle that separates the thoracic and lower abdominopelvic cavity

Answer 6

Diaphragm

Question 7

Region between the lungs

Answer 7

Mediastinum

Question 8

What are the two smaller cavities of the abdominopelvic cavity?

Answer 8

Abdominal and pelvic cavities

Question 9

Serous membrane

Answer 9

Outline walls of thoracic and abdominal cavities and fold back to cover organs

Question 10

Membrane that covers the thoracic compartments

Answer 10

Parietal pleura

Question 11

Membrane that covers the lungs

Answer 11

Visceral pleura

Question 12

The space between the two pleural membranes

Answer 12

Pleural cavity

Question 13

What does the pericardial membrane cover?

Answer 13

The mediastinum