Anatomical Terminology: Cavities and Membranes Review

What is anatomical position?

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What are the 2 main categories of body cavities?

• viscera and ventral

• dorsal and ventral

• dorsal and posterior

• anterior and ventral

Which membrane is your skin?

• cutaneous

• mucous

• serous

• synovial

The stomach is located in which cavity?

• pelvic cavity

• thoracic cavity

• abdominal cavity

• dorsal cavity

• Cranial Cavity

• Pleural Cavity

• Pericardial Cavity

• Vertebral Canal

The cavity surrounded by a box is?

• Thoracic Cavity

• Abdominal Cavity

• Pelvic Cavity

• Vertebral Canal

Contains the urinary bladder, urethra, uterus and vagina, part of the large intestine, and the rectum

• pelvic cavity

• abdominal cavity

• pleural cavity

• cranial cavity

Pleural membranes are found

• in the abdomen

• around the lungs

• around the heart

• on the skin

Lines body cavities that DO NOT open to the outside of the body

• Mucous membranes

• Serous membranes

• Cutaneous membrane

• Nerve tissue

Space around each lung

• pleural cavity

• abdominal cavity

• pelvic cavity

• thoracic cavity