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Name that Body Cavity

Total questions: 44

Worksheet time: 2hrs 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the name of cavity 1?
a)
Cranial
b)
Dorsal
c)
Vertebral
d)
Thoracic
2.
What is the name of cavity 2?
a)
Cranial
b)
Dorsal
c)
Vertebral
d)
Thoracic
3.
What is the name of cavity 3?
a)
Cranial
b)
Dorsal
c)
Vertebral
d)
Thoracic
4.
What is the name of cavity 4?
a)
Cranial
b)
Dorsal
c)
Vertebral
d)
Thoracic
5.
What is the name of cavity 5?
a)
Diaphragm
b)
Abdominal
c)
Pelvic
d)
Abdominopelvic
6.
What is the name of cavity 6?
a)
Diaphragm
b)
Abdominal
c)
Pelvic
d)
Abdominopelvic
7.
What is the name of cavity 7?
a)
Diaphragm
b)
Abdominal
c)
Pelvic
d)
Abdominopelvic
8.
What is the name of cavity 1?
a)
Cranial
b)
Mediastinum
c)
Pleural
d)
Pericardial
9.
What is the name of cavity 3?
a)
Cranial
b)
Mediastinum
c)
Pleural
d)
Pericardial
10.
What is the name of cavity 4?
a)
Cranial
b)
Mediastinum
c)
Pleural
d)
Pericardial
11.
What is the name of cavity 5?
a)
Cranial
b)
Mediastinum
c)
Pleural
d)
Pericardial
12.
What is the name of cavity 6?
a)
Diaphragm
b)
Abdominal
c)
Pelvic
d)
Abdominopelvic
13.
What is the name of cavity 7?
a)
Diaphragm
b)
Abdominal
c)
Pelvic
d)
Abdominopelvic
14.
What is the name of cavity 8?
a)
Diaphragm
b)
Abdominal
c)
Pelvic
d)
Abdominopelvic
15.
What is the name of cavity 10?
a)
Ventral
b)
Abdominal
c)
Dorsal
d)
Abdominopelvic
16.
What are the two major body cavities?
a)
Cranial & Vertebral 
b)
Dorsal & Ventral
c)
Thoracic & Abdominopelvic 
d)
Serous & Peritoneum 
17.

Name the viscera (the internal organs in the main cavities of the body) that is located in the vertebral body cavity.

a)

Brain

b)

Vertebrae

c)

Spinal cord

d)

Mediastinum

18.
What are the two sub-cavities of the dorsal body cavity? 
a)
Cranial & Vertebral 
b)
Brain & Spinal cord 
c)
Thoracic & Abdominopelvic 
d)
Pleural & Pericardial
19.
Name the membrane that covers the entire ventral body cavity: 
a)
Peritoneum 
b)
Pleura 
c)
Visceral 
d)
Serous 
20.
The diaphragm is a muscular structure that dives these sub cavities: 
a)
Visceral & Parietal 
b)
Pericardial & Pleural 
c)
Thoracic & Abdominopelvic
d)
Abdominal & Pelvic 
21.
Which is NOT a sub-cavity of the thoracic body cavity? 
a)
Serous 
b)
Mediastinum 
c)
Pleural 
d)
Pericardial 
22.
Name the viscera located in the pleural cavity:
a)
Heart
b)
Esophagus & trachea 
c)
Lungs 
d)
Pleura 
23.
the majority of the digestive organs are located in this body cavity: 
a)
Abdominal 
b)
Abdominopelvic 
c)
Peritoneum 
d)
Mediastinum 
24.

Which of the following viscera would NOT be found in the mediastinum (mē-dē-ə-ˈstī-nəm) cavity?

a)

Esophagus

b)

Trachea

c)

Portion of the heart

d)

Lungs

25.
The cranial cavity and the spinal (vertebral) cavity are both contained within the _______ cavity.
a)
dorsal
b)
ventral
c)
abdominal
d)
throacic
26.
The thoracic cavity and the abdominopelvic cavity are both contained within the _______ cavity.
a)
dorsal
b)
ventral
c)
cranial
d)
spinal
27.
The spaces surrounding each lung are known as the?
a)
pleural cavities
b)
mediastinum
c)
pericardial cavity
d)
cranial cavity
28.
The heart is located within the _______ cavity.
a)
pericardial
b)
pleural
c)
abdominal
d)
spinal
29.
Both the pleural and pericardial cavities are located within the _______ cavity.
a)
spinal
b)
cranial
c)
abdominal
d)
thoracic
30.
Which body cavity contains organs including the stomach, spleen, liver, gallbladder, and pancreas?
a)
abdominal
b)
pelvic
c)
thoracic
31.

Which body cavity ranges from the diaphragm to the top of the pelvic girdle (the enclosing structure formed by the pelvis, providing attachment for the hind limbs or pelvic fins) ?

a)

abdominal

b)

pelvic

c)

throacic

32.
Which body cavity is surrounded by the pelvic bones?
a)
abdominal
b)
pelvic
c)
thoracic
33.
Which body cavity is located above the diaphragm and is surrounded by the rib cage?
a)
abdominal
b)
pelvic
c)
thoracic
34.
This body cavity is created by the bones of the skull to protect the brain.
a)
cranial
b)
spinal
c)
vertebral
35.

Name the cavity that houses the bones of the cranial portion of the skull and vertebral column, toward the posterior side of the body

a)

dorsal

b)

ventral

c)

thoracic

d)

abdominopelvic

36.

Name the cavity that houses the anterior portion of the torso; divided by the diaphragm into the thoracic cavity and abdominopelvic cavity

a)

dorsal

b)

ventral

c)

thoracic

d)

abdominopelvic

37.

Name the cavity that houses the chest containing the trachea, bronchi, lungs, esophagus, heart and great blood vessels, thymus gland, lymph nodes, and nerve,. as well as the pleural cavities and the pericardial cavity.

a)

dorsal

b)

ventral

c)

thoracic

d)

abdominopelvic

38.

Name the cavity that houses an imaginary line running across the hip bones and dividing the body into the abdominal and pelvic cavities.

a)

dorsal

b)

ventral

c)

thoracic

d)

abdominopelvic

39.

Name the cavity that houses the end of the large intestine, rectum, urinary bladder, and internal reproductive organs.

a)

pelvic

b)

abdominal

c)

pleural

d)

pericardial

e)

spinal

40.

Name the cavity that houses the stomach, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, spleen, small intestines, and most of the large intestine.

a)

pelvic

b)

abdominal

c)

pleural

d)

pericardial

e)

spinal

41.

Name the cavity that houses the lungs.

a)

pelvic

b)

abdominal

c)

pleural

d)

pericardial

e)

spinal

42.

Name the cavity that houses the heart and is flanked by the pleural cavities.

a)

pelvic

b)

abdominal

c)

pleural

d)

pericardial

e)

spinal

43.

Name the cavity that houses the spinal cord, which is an extension of the brain

a)

pelvic

b)

abdominal

c)

pleural

d)

pericardial

e)

spinal

44.

What is a division of the thoracic cavity that contains the heart, thymus gland, portions of the esophagus and trachea, and other structures. For clinical purposes it is traditionally divided into the anterior, middle, posterior, and superior regions.

a)

media

b)

mediastinum

c)

medial plane

d)

medicine

e)

mediocre