Ch. 4 Membranes Flashcards
Membrane
Continuous multicellular sheets composed of epithelial + connective tissue proper.
Cutaneous membrane
Skin.
Dense Irregular
Mucous membranes
Cover all portals to the inside.
Produce mucus: wet membranes
Epithelial with mucus membrane. Lungs, nasal, bronchi. St. Sq.ep. Si. Col. Ep
Air is outside the world. Membrane lined with mucous membrane.
(Digestive hollow organs, respiratory, urogenital tracts )
Serous membrane
Line closes internal cavities and cover outside of organs
Produce slippery serous fluid
Thoracic
parietal pleura
Visceral pleura
Abdominopelvic
Parietal peritoneum
Visceral peritoneum
Pericardial
Parietal pericardium
Visceral pericardium
Synovial connective tissue only
Line the inside of freely movable joints
Produce synovial fluid