Ventral Body Cavity

Question 1

Ventral body cavity is divided into two chambers ..

Answer 1

Thoracic and abdominopelvic cavities

Question 2

Thoracic cavity is surrounded by…

Answer 2

Chest wall and diaphragm

Question 3

Thoracic cavity includes…

Answer 3

Left pleural cavity -surrounds left lung
Right pleural cavity- surrounds right lung
Mediastinum - trachea esophagus and major vessels (also includes paricardial cavity-surrounds heart)

Question 4

Abdominopelvic cavity includes …

Answer 4

Contains paritoneal cavity and…

Abdominal cavity- many digestive glands and organs
Pelvic cavity - urinary bladder, reproductive organs, last portion of digestive tract

Question 5

Which muscle marks the division. Tween the thoracic and abdominopelvic cavities?

Answer 5

Diaphragm

Question 6

What specific region of the thoracic cavity contains the trachea ?

Answer 6

Mediastinum

Question 7

What cavity is found within the mediastinum?

Answer 7

Paricardial cavity

Question 8

What is found within the mediastinum

Answer 8

Trachea, esophagus, major vessels

Question 9

What is found within the abdominal cavity?

Answer 9

Contains many digestive glands and organs

Question 10

What is found within the pelvic cavity?

Answer 10

What is found within the pelvic cavity?

Urinary bladder, reproductive organs and last portion of digestive tract

Question 11

Bonus!

List the five functions that living organisms (cells) have

Answer 11

• responsiveness
• growth and differentiation
• reproduction
• movement
• metabolism and excretion