WorksheetsName that Body Cavity
Total questions: 44
Worksheet time: 2hrs 12mins
Name the viscera (the internal organs in the main cavities of the body) that is located in the vertebral body cavity.
Brain
Vertebrae
Spinal cord
Mediastinum
Which of the following viscera would NOT be found in the mediastinum (mē-dē-ə-ˈstī-nəm) cavity?
Esophagus
Trachea
Portion of the heart
Lungs
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) ?
abdominal
pelvic
throacic
Name the cavity that houses the bones of the cranial portion of the skull and vertebral column, toward the posterior side of the body
dorsal
ventral
thoracic
abdominopelvic
Name the cavity that houses the anterior portion of the torso; divided by the diaphragm into the thoracic cavity and abdominopelvic cavity
dorsal
ventral
thoracic
abdominopelvic
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.
dorsal
ventral
thoracic
abdominopelvic
Name the cavity that houses an imaginary line running across the hip bones and dividing the body into the abdominal and pelvic cavities.
dorsal
ventral
thoracic
abdominopelvic
Name the cavity that houses the end of the large intestine, rectum, urinary bladder, and internal reproductive organs.
pelvic
abdominal
pleural
pericardial
spinal
Name the cavity that houses the stomach, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, spleen, small intestines, and most of the large intestine.
pelvic
abdominal
pleural
pericardial
spinal
Name the cavity that houses the lungs.
pelvic
abdominal
pleural
pericardial
spinal
Name the cavity that houses the heart and is flanked by the pleural cavities.
pelvic
abdominal
pleural
pericardial
spinal
Name the cavity that houses the spinal cord, which is an extension of the brain
pelvic
abdominal
pleural
pericardial
spinal
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.
media
mediastinum
medial plane
medicine
mediocre
