Deck 1

Question 0

Type of body membranes which include the cutaneous, mucous, and serous membranes:

Answer 0

Epithelial membranes

Question 1

What covers surfaces, line body cavities, and form protective sheets around organs?

Answer 1

Body membranes

Question 2

Type of body membranes that are represented by synovial membranes:

Answer 2

Connective tissue membranes

Question 3

Epithelial membranes are also called:

Answer 3

Covering and lining membranes

Question 4

Although epithelial membranes all DO contain an epithelial sheet, it is always combined with an underlying layer of:

Answer 4

Connective tissue

Question 5

True or False:

Unlike the other epithelial membranes, the cutaneous membrane is exposed to air and is a [dry] membrane.

Answer 5

True

Question 6

True or False:

The [subcutaneous] membrane is your skin.

Answer 6

False; cutaneous

Question 7

Composed of epithelium resting on a loose connective tissue membrane called a lamina propria; lines all body cavities that open to the exterior:

Answer 7

Mucous membrane (mucosa)

Question 8

Composed of a layer of simple squamous epithelium resting on a thin layer of areolar connective tissue:

Answer 8

Serous membrane (serosa)

Question 9

True or False:

Serous membranes occur in pairs. The [cutaneous] layer lines a specific portion of the wall of the ventral body cavity.

Answer 9

False; parietal