Second Lecture

Question 1

Ventral

Answer 1

The belly or underside of a body.

Question 2

Toward the head.

Answer 2

Cranial

Question 3

Caudal

Answer 3

Closer to the tail than any other structure.

Question 4

Toward the spine/back/top

Answer 4

Dorsal

Question 5

Proximal

Answer 5

Closer to the point of attachment (origin) to the body than another structure

Question 6

Farther from the point of attachment to the body than another structure

Answer 6

Distal

Question 7

Dorsal Plane

Answer 7

Plane that divides the body into dorsal (back) and ventral (belly) parts

Question 8

Plane that divides the into cranial and caudal parts

Answer 8

Transverse plane (also known as horizontal or cross sectional plane)

Question 9

Sagittal plane

Answer 9

A vertical plane that divides the body into right and left sides.

Question 10

Plane that passes through the midline of the body and divides it into equal right and left sides.

Answer 10

Midsagittal (median) plane

Question 11

Parasagittal plane

Answer 11

If the sagittal plane does not pass through the midline, but instead divides the body into unequal right and left sides

Question 12

Hollow space in the skull that contains the brain.

Answer 12

Cranial Cavity

Question 13

Spinal Cavity

Answer 13

Hollow space with in the spinal column that contains the spinal cord.

Question 14

Hollow space with in the ribs between the neck and diaphragm that contains the heart and lungs

Answer 14

Thoracic (chest) Cavity

Question 15

Abdominal Cavity

Answer 15

Hollow space between the diaphragm and pelvic cavity that contains the major organs of digestion

Question 16

Hollow space that contains the sigmoid colon, rectum, anus, urinary bladder, reproductive organs

Answer 16

Pelvic Cavity

Question 17

Serous Membrane

Answer 17

A thin, slippery tissue that lines the walls of the body cavities and covers the organs within them. This is a double layered membrane.

Question 18

What are the two layers of the Serous membrane

Answer 18

1) Visceral Serous Membrane

2) Parietal Serous Membrane

Question 19

Which Serous Membrane is the inner membrane and comes in contact with the organs

Answer 19

Visceral Serous Membrane

Question 20

The Parietal Serous Membrane is the ……

Answer 20

Outer membrane that lines the cavity.

Question 21

The Pleural Membrane

Answer 21

Is the Thoracic Cavity’s Serous membrane. There are two, one surrounding each lung.

Question 22

The Thoracic cavity that is in the area between the lungs and houses the heart, great vessels, trachea, right and left bronchi, esophagus, lymph nodes, lymph vessels and nerves.

Answer 22

Mediastinum

Question 23

Significant feature about the Pleural Cavities

Answer 23

Fluid filled that allows for cushion for animal to breath. Without it the Visceral Pleural would rub against the Parietal Pleural with every breath.

Question 24

The Serous Membrane that lines the Abdominopelvic cavity and covers the organs with in it

Answer 24

Peritoneum

Question 25

The Peritoneum Cavity’s organs are suspended from the cavity walls by fused layers. Those tissue layer are

Answer 25

Mesenteries- They permit blood vessels and nerves to contact with the organs

Question 26

What is unique about the kidneys and pancreas.

Answer 26

They do not have Mesenteries, but they are covered by Parietal Peritoneum and said to be Retroperitoneal (behind the peritoneum)