Body Cavities and Abdominal Quadrants Review

A set of questions and answers covering body cavities, diaphragm, abdominal quadrants, and related clinical notes (gallbladder, appendix, spleen, constipation) based on the lecture notes.

What are the five body cavities mentioned?

Cranial, spinal, thoracic, abdominal, and pelvic cavities.

Which cavity houses the brain?

Cranial cavity.

Spinal cavity is a continuation of which cavity?

Cranial cavity.

Which cavity is the chest cavity and houses the lungs, heart, and major vessels?

Thoracic cavity.

What divides the thoracic and abdominal cavities?

The diaphragm.

Which cavity contains the abdominal organs such as the liver, intestines, and colon?

Abdominal cavity.

Which cavity includes the reproductive organs?

Pelvic cavity.

How many abdominal quadrants are there and what are they?

There are four: Right upper quadrant (RUQ), Left upper quadrant (LUQ), Right lower quadrant (RLQ), Left lower quadrant (LLQ).

Which quadrant typically contains the gallbladder?

Right upper quadrant (RUQ).

Which quadrant contains the appendix?

Right lower quadrant (RLQ).

Where does appendicitis pain commonly start and what are common radiations?

Starts in the RLQ and can radiate to the umbilical region, back, or left side.

Which organ is located in the left upper quadrant?

Spleen.

Which quadrant is commonly associated with constipation when painful?

Left lower quadrant (LLQ).

When viewing abdominal diagrams, why might the viewer's right appear to be the patient's left?

Because the image is flipped in orientation, so right is the patient's left.

What do dorsal and ventral terms refer to?

Dorsal = back; ventral = front.

What do superior and inferior terms refer to?

Superior = top; inferior = bottom.