Vocab 8: Cavities and Membranes

Question 1

How does the serous membrane protect against infection?

Answer 1

By compartmentalizing the organs to prevent infections from spreading through direct contact / friction.

Question 2

What is the pericardium?

Answer 2

The serosa surrounding the heart

Question 3

What 2 cavities are inside the Ventral Cavity?

Answer 3

1. The Abdomino Pelvic cavity 2.Thoracic Cavity

Question 4

What 2 cavities are inside the AbdominoPelvic cavity?

Answer 4

1. The abominal cavity (contains digestive organs) 2. The pelvic cavity

Question 5

What is inside the pelvic cavity?

Answer 5

1. urinary bladder 2.reproductive organs 3. rectum

Question 6

What 2 cavities are inside the Dorsal Cavity?

Answer 6

1. The cranial cavity (housing the brain) 2. The Vertebral Cavity (housing the spine)

Question 7

What 3 cavities are inside the Thoracic cavity?

Answer 7

1. The pleural cavity (lungs) 2. The mediastinum (divides the lungs) 3. Pericardial cavity (heart)

Question 8

What is the serosa or serous membrane?

Answer 8

A thin, double layered membrane filled with serous fluid that protects the organs

Question 9

What is the Parietal Serosa?

Answer 9

The outer portion of the serosa lining the cavity walls

Question 10

What is the Visceral Serosa?

Answer 10

The inner portion of the serosa lining the external surface of the organs within the cavity.

Question 11

What is the peritoneum?

Answer 11

The serosa covering the abdominal cavity walls and the organs that live there.

Question 12

What is the pleura?

Answer 12

The serosa enclosing the lungs

Question 13

What is the pericardium?

Answer 13

The serosa enclosing the heart

Question 14

What organs are house in the Right Hypochondriac region?

Answer 14

The liver and gallbladder (what region?)

Question 15

What organs are housed in the Left Hypochondriac region?

Answer 15

The spleen, part of the diaphragm (what region?)

Question 16

What organ is housed in the epigastric region?

Answer 16

The stomach (what region?)

Question 17

What organ is housed in the left lateral or lumbar region?

Answer 17

Ascending colon of the large intestine (what region?)

Question 18

What organ is housed in the right lateral or lumbar region?

Answer 18

Descending colon of the large intestine (what region?)

Question 19

What organs are housed in the umbilical region?

Answer 19

The transverse colon of the large intestine and the small intestine (what region?)

Question 20

What organs are housed in the right inguinal or iliac region?

Answer 20

The Appendix and the Cecum (what region?)

Question 21

What organs are housed in the pubic or hypogastric region?

Answer 21

The urinary bladder and reproductive organs (what region?)

Question 22

What organs are housed in the left inguinal or iliac region?

Answer 22

The Initial part of sigmoid colon (what region?)

Question 23

What cavity contains the tongue and teeth?

Answer 23

The oral cavity

Question 24

What cavity contains the passages that make up part of the respiratory system?

Answer 24

The nasal cavity

Question 25

What cavity refers to the eyes?

Answer 25

The orbital cavity

Question 26

What cavity contains the tiny bones medial to the eardrum?

Answer 26

The middle ear cavity

Question 27

What cavity houses all the joints?

Answer 27

The synovial cavity