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Body Membranes Flashcards

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Functions of body membranes

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Cover body surface
Line body cavities
form protective sheets around organs

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How are body membranes classified?

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Tissue type

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Skin

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Cutaneous membrane

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Dry membrane

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Cutaneous membrane

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5
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Outermost protective boundary

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Cutaneous

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What type of tissue is the cutaneous membrane made of?

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Epidermis- keratinized stratified squamous epithelium

Dermis- dense connective tissue

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7
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What is the mucuous membrane made of

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Depends on site: 
Stratified squamous
Simple columnar
Underlying:
Loose connective
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Loose connective membrane tissue membrane of the mucous membrane is called what?

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Lamina propria

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Wet membrane, continuously bathed in secretions

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Mucous

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Function of the mucous

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Absorption and secretion

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Lines all body cavities that open to the exterior body surface

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Mucous

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12
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What type of tissue makes up the serous membrane

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Surface layer: simple squamous epithelium

Underlying layer: areolar connective tissue

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13
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Lines body cavities that are closed to the the exterior of the body

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Serous membrane

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14
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What separates the pairs of serous membranes

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Serous fluid

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15
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Covers the outside of the organ

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Serous-visceral layer

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16
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Lines a portion of the wall of central body cavity

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Serous-parietal layer

17
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Serous membrane of the abdominal cavity

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Peritoneum

18
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Serous membrane around the lungs

19
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Serous membrane around the heart

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Pericardium

20
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Connective tissue membrane

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Synovial membrane

21
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What type of tissue is the synovial membrane made of?

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Connective areolar tissue

22
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Lines fibrous capsules surround joints

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Synovial membrane

23
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Function of the synovial membrane

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Secretes a lubricating fluid

24
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Small sacs of connective tissue

25
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Synovial membranes line what?

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Bursae and tendon sheets

26
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A function of the synovial membrane

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Provides a cushion for organs
Provide a smooth surface for joints
Secrete lubricating fluid

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