Anatomy & Physiology, Body Cavities

What is  the anatomical name for the different "spaces" in your body that contain certain organs

• rooms

• divisions

• cavities

• compartments

Which is NOT a function of a body cavity?

• allow organs to change shape and size

• give shape to the whole body

• protect organs within the cavity

When describing the dorsal cavity, you would say the dorsal cavity is on the ____________ part of a human body

• posterior, back

• lateral or side

• anterior, front

• superior, upper most

The Dorsal Cavity is made up of which two body cavities?

• dorsal and ventral

• Spinal and Abdominal

• Cranial and spinal (aka Vertebral)

You would find what organ inside the cranial cavity?

• Brain

• spinal cord

What organ will you find inside the vertebral (spinal) cavity?

• Brain

• Heart and lungs

• Spinal cord

The thoracic cavity is separated from the abdominopelvic cavity by a flat muscle called the 

• stomach

• chest wall

• rib muscle

• diaphragm

Med Term Reminder:

What does the word pleura mean?

• rib, side, pleura

• around the heart

• Chest

Pericardial means

• above the heart

• around the heart

• below the heart

Thorac means (we've had this one before)

• chest

• heart

• lung