Body Cavities
Membranes
Anatomical Direction & Planes
Decubitus Ulcer
Blood
100
This is the body cavity that houses the lungs.
What is the thoracic cavity?
100
This fluid is secreted by the membranes in the ventral cavity in order to reduce friction and allow smooth movement of organs.
What is serous fluid?
100
In this plane, the body would be cut down the middle so there would be a right and left half of the body.
What is the sagittal plane?
100
You notice a red spot on an immobile patient's coccyx. You see a red spot that is not blanchable when you press on it.
What is a stage I?
100
This is the contents of the "buffy coat".
What are white blood cells and platelets?
200
The dorsal body cavity includes these 2 cavities.
What are the cranial and spinal cavity?
200
This is the serous membrane lining the cavity containing the heart.
What is parietal pericardium?
200
The patient sustained a burn to the lateral aspect of the left knee.
What is the outside of the left knee?
200
You do a skin check on a new patient and find their heal looking like this.
What is an unstagable decubitus ulcer?
200
This disease would mean that you have a lack of iron in your blood.
What is anemia?
300
This muscle separates the thoracic cavity from the abdominal cavity.
What is the diaphragm?
300
This is the name for the membrane covering an organ in the ventral body cavity.
What is a visceral serous membrane?
300
In anatomical direction, this would be considered the front.
What is the anterior aspect?
300
At this point, the skin is red and their is some visible breakdown of the epithelial tissue.
What is a stage II?
300
This is the process in which blood cells and platelets are produced.
What is hematopoiesis?
400
This ventral body cavity subdivision has no bony protection.
What is the abdominal cavity?
400
John has been suffering agonizing pain with each breath and as been informed by his physician that he has pleurisy. This specific membrane is inflamed and is the cause of John's pain.
What is the pleural membrane?
400
On this plane, the body would be divided into a superior and inferior portion.
What is the transverse plane?
400
At this point, muscle and bone may be visible.
What is a stage IV?
400
If some came into the ER running a temperature of 102 degrees Fahrenheit, a doctor would most likely order this test.
What is a white blood cell (WBC) count?
500
This cavity is in between bones at the joints.
What is the synovial cavity?
500
A man had a knife wound that penetrated the abdomen, passed through the stomach and stopped at his pancreas. The knife passed through this membrane.
What is the peritoneum?
500
A bee stung the girl on the inside of the right ankle.
What is the medial aspect of the right ankle?
500
At this point, there is considerable damage to the epithelial layer and the dermis. This ulcer may bleed because there has been damage to the vasculature.
What is a stage III?
500
Presence of these white blood cells indicate a possible parasitic infection or an allergic reaction, asthma or cancer.
What are eosinophils?