Body Cavities

Question 1

Contains the cranial and vertebral cavity

Answer 1

Dorsal Body Cavity

Question 2

Contains the brain

Answer 2

Cranial Cavity

Question 3

Contains the spinal cord, which is an extention of the brain.

Answer 3

Vertebral Cavity

Question 4

Anterior surface of torso; divided by diaphragm muscle into upper thoracic cavity and abdominopelvic cavities

Answer 4

Ventral Body Cavity

Question 5

The chest; contains trachea, brinchi, lungs, esophagus, heart and great blood vessles, tymus gland, lymph nodes, and nerves. contains smaller cavities, too: PLEURAL CAVITIES, SUPERIOR MEDIASTINUM & PERICARDIAL CAVITY.

Answer 5

Thoracic Cavity

Question 6

Imaginary line that runs accross hipbones divides the body into the abdominal and pelvic cavities

Answer 6

Abdominopelvic Cavity

Question 7

Contains stomach, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, spleen, kidneys and intestines (small and large), ovaries (in female); the periontoneal cavity (peritoneum) surrounds the abdominal organs.

Answer 7

Abdominal Cavity

Question 8

Contains: colon, rectum,urinary bladder, uterous (in female)

Answer 8

Pelvic Cavity