Membranes

Question 1

Mucous Membranes

Answer 1

Membranes that form the linings of body cavities open to the exterior (digestive, respiratory, urinary and reproductive tracts)

Question 2

Serous Membranes

Answer 2

(double layered membranes that surround organs; one closest to organ is visceral; against the cavity layer parietal. Serous fluid is between the two)
Clear watery fluid secreted by cells of a serous membrane.
Moist membrane found in closed ventral body cavities

Question 3

Visceral Membranes

Answer 3

Covers the heart; and most of the organs within that cavity.

Question 4

Parietal Membranes

Answer 4

Lines the pericardial cavity; it is associated with the walls of the abdominopelvic cavity.

Question 5

Pleura Membranes

Answer 5

Covers lungs

Question 6

Pericardium Membranes

Answer 6

Double layered sac enclosing the heart and forming its superficial layer; has fibrous and serous layers

Question 7

Peritoneum Membranes

Answer 7

Serous membrane lining of the interior of the abdominal cavity and covering the surfaces of abdominal organs