Intro To Anatomy And Physiology: Body Planes, Regions, And Cavities

Question 1

Frontal plane

Answer 1

Dividing the body vertically, the frontal plane creates the interior (front) and posterior (back) portions of the body.

*Also called the coronal plane.

Question 2

Sagittal plane

Answer 2

The lateral plane, or sagittal plane, divides the body into left and right sides.

Question 3

Transverse plane

Answer 3

Running across the body and parallel to the ground, the transversal playing creates an upper and lower sections of the body. Also called the cross-section.

Question 4

Abdominal

Answer 4

Center anterior region of the trunk

Question 5

Brachial

Answer 5

Arm region

Question 6

Cephalic

Answer 6

Head region

Question 7

Cervical

Answer 7

Neck region

Question 8

Crural

Answer 8

Lower extremity region

Question 9

Dorsum

Answer 9

Posterior region (the back)

Question 10

Gluteal

Answer 10

Buttocks region

Question 11

Pelvic

Answer 11

Lower anterior region of the trunk

Question 12

Pubic

Answer 12

Genital region

Question 13

Thoracic

Answer 13

Chest region

Question 14

Trunk

Answer 14

Torso region

Question 15

Vertebral

Answer 15

Spinal column region

Question 16

Cavity

Answer 16

An empty space within our bodies.

Question 17

What are the two major cavities?

Answer 17

Dorsal and ventral

Question 18

The dorsal cavity is seven divided into what two cavities?

Answer 18

Cranial and spinal

Question 19

The thoracic cavity is a part of which cavity?

Answer 19

Ventral

Question 20

Pleural cavities

Answer 20

Two pleural cavities, each contain a lung.

*1/3 areas that make up thoracic cavity.

Question 21

Pericardial cavity

Answer 21

Contains the heart and is medial to the pleural cavities.

*1/3 areas that make up thoracic cavity.

Question 22

Mediastinum

Answer 22

Contains the esophagus, trachea, thymus, gland, aorta, and inferior vena cavae.

*1/3 areas that make up thoracic gland

Question 23

Abdominopelvic

Answer 23

Typically divided an abdominal and pelvic cavities.

Question 24

What organs are inside the abdominal cavity?

Answer 24

The stomach, spleen, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, most of the small intestine and colon

Question 25

What organs are inside the pelvic cavity?

Answer 25

The urinary bladder, ureters, urethra, lower part of large intestine, and part of the small intestine.

*It also houses, female, reproductive organs, and some of the males reproductive organs.

Question 26

The abdominal cavity is divided into what 4 quadrants?

Answer 26

The left upper quadrant, right upper quadrant, left lower quadrant, and right lower quadrant.

Question 27

What organs are in the left upper quadrant in the abdominal cavity?

Answer 27

A portion of the liver, spleen, stomach, majority of pancreas, left kidney, portion of the small intestine and the colon.

Question 28

What organs are in the right upper quadrant of the abdominal cavity?

Answer 28

Majority of the liver, gallbladder, portion of the pancreas, right, kidney, and portion of the small intestine and colon.

Question 29

What organs are in the left lower quadrant of the abdominal cavity?

Answer 29

About half of the small intestines and colon, the left ovary and fallopian tube, and the left ureter

Question 30

What organs are in the right lower quadrant of the abdominal cavity?

Answer 30

It contains about half of the small intestines and colon, the right ovary and fallopian tube, the appendix, and the right ureter.

Question 31

What are the two major cavities of the body? Where are they located on the body?

Answer 31

The dorsal cavity, which is in the back, and the ventral cavity, which is in the front.

Question 32

What two cavities can be subdivided from the dorsal cavity? What do they house?

Answer 32

The cranial and spinal cavities. The cranial cavity houses the brain, and the spinal cavity houses the spinal cord.

Question 33

What two cavities can be subdivided from the ventral cavity? Where are they located?

Answer 33

The thoracic cavity, which is located in the chest region, and the abdominopelvic cavity, which is located in the trunk region.

Question 34

What two cavities can be subdivided from the thoracic cavity and what do they house?

Answer 34

The pleural cavity, which houses the lungs, and the mediastinum cavity, which house is the trachea and the esophagus.

Question 35

What cavity can be subdivided from the mediastinum cavity? What does it house?

Answer 35

The pericardial cavity, which houses the heart and the great vessels.

Question 36

What cavity is subdivided from the ventral cavity?

Answer 36

Abdominopelvic cavity.

Question 37

Which two cavities can be subdivided from the abdominal pelvic cavity? What do they house?

Answer 37

The abdominal cavity which houses the liver, stomach, pancreas, and intestines. The pelvic cavity, which houses the bladder and the reproductive organs.