Week 1

Question 1

What does the cranial cavity contain?

Answer 1

Brain and cranial bones

Question 2

What the vertebral canal

Answer 2

Formed by vertebral column and contains spinal cord & nerves

Question 3

Which cavities are included in the thoracic cavity

Answer 3

Pleural, pericardial, and mediastinum

Question 4

Where is the pleural cavity?

Answer 4

Space between the layers of the pleura that surrounds lung

Question 5

Where is the mediastinum located?

Answer 5

Central portion of thoracic cavity between lungs; extends from sternum to vertebral column and first rib to diaphragm

Question 6

What contents are in the mediastinum?

Answer 6

Heart, thymus, esophagus, trachea, large blood vessels

Question 7

What does the abdominal cavity contain?

Answer 7

Stomach, spleen, liver, gallbladder, S.I, most of L.I.

Question 8

What is the serous membrane of the abdominal cavity?

Answer 8

Peritoneum

Question 9

What are the walls of the R and L compartments of the thoracic membranes lined with?

Answer 9

Parietal (pariet: wall) pleura (pleur: rib)

Question 10

Lungs are covered with what?

Answer 10

Visceral pleura (viscera: organs)

Question 11

What is the pleural cavity?

Answer 11

Fluid-filled space between the parietal and visceral pleural membranes

Question 12

What is the heart surrounded by?

Answer 12

Pericardial membranes (peri: around, cardi: heart)

Question 13

What separates the lungs into R and L cavities?

Answer 13

Mediastinum