Exam 1 - Membranes

Question 1

Viscera

Answer 1

• Organ

- Usually in the thoracic and Abdomniopelvic cavities

Question 2

Serous membrane

Answer 2

• Slippery
• Double layered
• Covers viscera
• Lines walls of thorax and abdomen

Question 3

Parietal layer

Answer 3

• Serous membrane that lines the walls of cavity

- Thin epithelium

Question 4

Visceral layer

Answer 4

• Serous membrane that covers and adheres to viscera inside of cavity
• Thin epithelium

Question 5

Serous fluid

Answer 5

• Lubricating fluid between visceral and parietal layers
• Reduces friction
• Allows viscera to move

Question 6

Visceral Pleura

Answer 6

Clings to surface of lungs

Question 7

Parietal pleura

Answer 7

• Lines the chest wall

- Covers superior surface of diaphragm

Question 8

Pleural cavity

Answer 8

-Space between Parietal pleura and Visceral pleura

Question 9

Pericardium

Answer 9

-Serous membranes of pericardial cavity

Question 10

Visceral pericardium

Answer 10

-Covers surface of heart

Question 11

Parietal pericardium

Answer 11

-Lines the chest wall

Question 12

Pericardial cavity

Answer 12

-Space between Parietal pericardium and Visceral pericardium

Question 13

Peritoneum

Answer 13

Serous membrane of abdominal cavity

Question 14

Visceral peritoneum

Answer 14

-Covers the abdominal viscera

Question 15

Parietal peritoneum

Answer 15

• Lines abdominal wall

- Covers inferior surface of diaphragm

Question 16

Peritoneal cavity

Answer 16

• Space between Visceral peritoneum and Parietal peritoneum

- Houses “most” abdominal organs

Question 17

Retroperitoneal cavity

Answer 17

• Between Parietal peritoneum and posterior abdominal wall

- Kidneys, Adrenal glands, Pancreas, Duodenum, Ascending and descending colons, part of abdominal aorta, and IVC