Terms/Membranes/Cavities/Regions

Question 1

Gross anatomy

Answer 1

anatomy visible to the naked eye

Question 2

Histology

Answer 2

study of tissues

Question 3

Anatomical position

Answer 3

facing forward, palms forward

Question 4

Visceral peritoneum

Answer 4

inner layer on the peritoneum; lines the abdominal organs

Question 5

Parietal peritoneum

Answer 5

outer layer of the peritoneum; lines the abdominal cavity

Question 6

Visceral pleura

Answer 6

inner layer of the pleura; lines the lungs

Question 7

Parietal plerua

Answer 7

outer layer of the pleura; lines the thoracic cavity

Question 8

Visceral pericardium

Answer 8

inner layer of the pericardium; lines the heart

Question 9

Parietal pericardium

Answer 9

outer layer of the pericardium; lines the heart

Question 10

Subdivisions of the dorsal cavity

Answer 10

cranial cavity, spinal cavity

Question 11

Subdivisions of the ventral cavity

Answer 11

thoracic cavity, abdominopelvic cavity

Question 12

Abdominal regions

Answer 12

Question 13

Cavities in the thoracic cavity

Answer 13

pleural (L + R), pericardial, mediastinum

Question 14

Cavity in the abdominopelvic cavity

Answer 14

periotoneal cavity