Exam 1 - Membranes Flashcards

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Viscera

A
  • Organ

- Usually in the thoracic and Abdomniopelvic cavities

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Serous membrane

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

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  • Serous membrane that lines the walls of cavity

- Thin epithelium

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Visceral layer

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

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

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Clings to surface of lungs

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Parietal pleura

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  • Lines the chest wall

- Covers superior surface of diaphragm

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Pleural cavity

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-Space between Parietal pleura and Visceral pleura

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9
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Pericardium

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-Serous membranes of pericardial cavity

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Visceral pericardium

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-Covers surface of heart

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Parietal pericardium

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-Lines the chest wall

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Pericardial cavity

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-Space between Parietal pericardium and Visceral pericardium

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13
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Peritoneum

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Serous membrane of abdominal cavity

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14
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Visceral peritoneum

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-Covers the abdominal viscera

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15
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Parietal peritoneum

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  • Lines abdominal wall

- Covers inferior surface of diaphragm

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16
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Peritoneal cavity

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  • Space between Visceral peritoneum and Parietal peritoneum

- Houses “most” abdominal organs

17
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Retroperitoneal cavity

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  • Between Parietal peritoneum and posterior abdominal wall

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