Body Directions, Cavities, Abdominal Regions and Quadrants Test

Name: ______Date: ______Score: _____

Name the two main body cavities and their main subdivisions
6 items
Which organs are contained in the dorsal body cavity?
2 items
What does the thoracic cavity contain?
4 items
What separates the thoracic cavity from the abdomino-pelvic cavity?
1 item
By quadrants, list the organs found in each
9 items
What are the organs found in the superior 3 abdominal regions, by region
9 items
Starting from left to right, top to bottom, in anatomical position, name the 9 abdominal regions
9 items
What does the pelvic cavity contain?
2 items
What separates the abdominal cavity from the pelvic cavity?
1 item
What organs are found in the umbilical and lumbar regions?
4 items

Matching:

_____48. ProximalA. Toward the head end of the body

_____49. DistalB. Away from the head/ Caudal

_____50. LateralC. Front/ Ventral

_____51. MedialD. Away from the trunk or point or origin of a part

_____52. PosteriorE. Dorsal/ back

_____53. AnteriorF. Toward or nearest to point or origin of a part

_____54. InferiorG. Toward the midline of the body

_____55. SuperiorH. Away from the midline of the body

Body Directions, Cavities, Abdominal Regions and Quadrants Test

Name: ____Ima key______Date: _00/00/00_ Score: _100__

Name the two main body cavities and their main subdivisions
6 items / Dorsal: cranial and spinal cavities
Ventral: thoracic and abdomino-pelvic : contains abdominal and pelvic cavities
Which organs are contained in the dorsal body cavity?
2 items / Cranial contains the Brain
Spinal: vertebral canal: spinal cord
What does the thoracic cavity contain?
List at least 4 items / Lungs (enclosed in pleural cavity) and heart which is surrounded by pericardial cavity, trachea, esophagus, large blood vessels.
What separates the thoracic cavity from the abdomino-pelvic cavity? 1 item / The diaphragm
By quadrants, list the organs found in each
9 items / RUQ: liver, gallbladder
LUQ: Spleen
RLQ: appendix
LLQ: descending colon
What are the organs found in the superior 3 abdominal regions, by region
9 items / Rt. Hypochondriac: liver, gallbladder
Epigastric: stomach, pancreas, part of duodenum
Left Hypochondriac: Spleen
Starting from left to right, top to bottom, in anatomical position, name the 9 abdominal regions
9 items / Rt. Hypochondriac, epigastric, left hypochondriac, right lumbar, unbilical, left lumbar, right iliac, hypogastric, left iliac
What does the pelvic cavity contain?
2 items / The urinary and genital structures
What separates the abdominal cavity from the pelvic cavity?
1 item / There is NO physical barrier between these spaces
What organs are found in the umbilical and lumbar regions?
4 items / Right Lumbar: ascending colon
Umbilical: small intestines, transverse colon
Left lumbar: descending colon

48.F

49.D

50.H

51.G

52.E

53.C

54.B

55.A