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Body Cavities

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which cavity contains the brain and spinal cord?

a)

Ventral cavity

b)

Dorsal cavity

c)

Abdominal cavity

d)

Pelvic cavity

2.

What is the function of the cranial cavity?

a)

Protects the spinal cord

b)

Protects the brain

c)

Contains the heart

d)

Contains the lungs

3.

Which cavity is formed by the bones of the vertebral column?

a)

Thoracic cavity

b)

Abdominal cavity

c)

Vertebral canal

d)

Pelvic cavity

4.

What are meninges?

a)

Layers of protective tissue lining the cranial cavity and vertebral canal

b)

Muscles supporting the abdominal cavity

c)

Bones forming the thoracic cavity

d)

Tissues lining the pelvic cavity

5.

What is the thoracic cavity also known as?

a)

Abdominal cavity

b)

Chest cavity

c)

Pelvic cavity

d)

Cranial cavity

6.

Which structures form the thoracic cavity?

a)

Skull and spine

b)

Sternum, ribs, and thoracic portion of the vertebral column

c)

Pelvis and femur

d)

Humerus and scapula

7.

Where is the mediastinal cavity located?

a)

In the abdominal cavity

b)

In the central part of the thoracic cavity

c)

In the pelvic cavity

d)

In the cranial cavity

8.

What do the pleural cavities surround?

a)

The heart

b)

The brain

c)

Each lung

d)

The liver

9.

Where is the pericardial cavity located?

a)

Within the abdominal cavity

b)

Within the mediastinal cavity in the thoracic cavity

c)

Inside the cranial cavity

d)

In the pelvic cavity

10.

What is the function of the pericardial cavity?

a)

To house the brain

b)

To protect the lungs

c)

To enclose the heart

d)

To support the digestive organs

11.

What does the abdominal cavity contain?

a)

Heart, lungs, and esophagus

b)

Stomach, spleen, and liver

c)

Brain and spinal cord

d)

Kidneys and bladder

12.

Which cavity contains the urinary bladder and internal organs of the reproductive system?

a)

Thoracic cavity

b)

Cranial cavity

c)

Pelvic cavity

d)

Abdominal cavity

13.

What is the function of the abdominopelvic cavity?

a)

Protects the brain

b)

Houses the heart and lungs

c)

Extends from the diaphragm to the groin

d)

Contains the spinal cord

14.

Which cavity contains the tongue and teeth?

a)

Nasal cavity

b)

Oral cavity

c)

Orbital cavity

d)

Synovial cavity

15.

What is contained within the orbital cavities?

a)

Small bones of the middle ear

b)

Tongue and teeth

c)

Eyeballs, nerves, and blood vessels

d)

Freely moveable joints

16.

Where are synovial cavities found?

a)

In the upper airways

b)

In the middle ear

c)

In freely moveable joints like the shoulder and hip

d)

In the oral cavity

17.

Which cavity is part of the upper airways?

a)

Oral cavity

b)

Nasal cavity

c)

Orbital cavity

d)

Middle ear cavity

18.
Which body cavity is located above the diaphragm and is surrounded by the rib cage?
a)
abdominal
b)
pelvic
c)
thoracic
19.
Which body cavity contains organs including the stomach, spleen, liver, gallbladder, and pancreas?
a)
abdominal
b)
pelvic
c)
thoracic
20.
Which body cavity is located above the diaphragm and is surrounded by the rib cage?
a)
abdominal
b)
pelvic
c)
thoracic
21.
Which body cavity is located above the diaphragm and is surrounded by the rib cage?
a)
abdominal
b)
pelvic
c)
thoracic
d)
diaphragm
22.

Which of the following cavities holds the heart AND lungs?

a)

pleural

b)

pericardial

c)

thoracic

d)

abdominal

23.

Body cavity that contains the heart

a)

abdominal

b)

pericardial

c)

pelvic

d)

pleural

24.

The pleural cavity encloses the

a)

heart only

b)

lungs only

c)

heart and lungs

d)

bladder and reproductive organs

25.

Which two body cavities are DORSAL body cavities?

a)

thoracic

b)

cranial

c)

abdominopelvic

d)

spinal

26.

Which of the following body cavities are VENTRAL body cavities?

a)

thoracic

b)

cranial

c)

abdominal

d)

pelvic

27.

What are the two major body cavities?

a)

Dorsal and Ventral

b)

Cranial and Pelvic

c)

Dorsal and Thoracic

d)

Ventral and Spinal

28.

Which organ is located in the PERICARDIAL cavity?

a)

lungs

b)

heart

c)

mediastinum

d)

trachea

29.

thoracic and abdominopelvic cavities

a)

dorsal cavity

b)

superior

c)

median (sagittal)plane

d)

ventral cavity

30.

Match the following

a)
1.

abdominal cavity

b)
2.

abdominopelvic cavity

c)
3.

cranial cavity

d)
4.

diaphragm

e)
5.

pelvic cavity