1. Body Regions & Membranes
Mrs. Donohue

2. 1. What are the 5 major body regions?
head
Chest (thoracic)
Abdomen
Upper exremities
Lower extermities

3. A. The facial and cranial region make up the:
head

4. B. The cervical region makes up what region?
Neck
Cervical collar

5. C. Another name for chest?
Thoracic area
thorax

6. D. What is in the chest?
Heart
Lungs
Axillary area (arm pits)

7. E. When looking at a person’s abdomen, what do you see?
Navel
Belly button

8. 2. How many major body cavities are there?4
What are their names?
Cranial
Thoracic
Abdominal
Pelvic
(abdominopelvic)

9. 2. What is in the major body cavities?

10. 2A. 2 names of pelvic region and their function
Pubic (external genitalia)
Perineum (anal opening)

11. 2B. Three areas on the backside of the abdomen
Lumbar (lower back)
Sacral (where spinal column ends)
Coccyx-gluteal (buttocks)

12. 2C. 4 parts of the upper limb
Shoulder
Brachium (shoulder to elbow-humerus)
Antebrachium (elbow to hand-ulna & radius)
Manus (hand)
Antecubital fossa (where blood is drawn)

13. 2D. 5 parts of lower limb Hip (pelvis) Thigh (femur) Knee (patella)
Shin (tibia & fibula)
Foot (pes)

14. 1. What types of tissues are in body membranes?
Epithelial
connective

15. 2. Function of body membranes?
Protection
support

16. 3. What are visceral organs?
Organs inside the trunk (neck to pelvis)

17. 4. Where are the pleural, pericardial,and peritoneal membranes located?
Pleural – lung
Pericardial – heart
Peritoneal - abdomen

18. 5. How are the membranes anatomically similar?
2 membranes protecting organ with fluid in between
Parietal – outside membrane
Visceral – inside – close to organ

19. 6. What is pericarditis? Viral or bacterial infection
*tell by type of white blood cells
*fluid build-up between parietal and visceral layer of heart
*pain in heart area

20. 7. Why do we care about the nine regions of the abdominopelvic cavity?
*To help in diagnosing an ailment by location