Membranes Flashcards
1
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- Physical barriers
- Line or cover portions of the body
- Consist of:
- An epithelium
- Supported by connective tissue
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Membranes
2
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• Membranes consist of:
A
- An epithelium
* Supported by connective tissue
3
Q
• Four Types of Membranes
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- Mucous membranes
- Serous membranes
- Cutaneous membrane
- Synovial membranes
4
Q
- Line passageways that have external connections
- Epithelial surfaces must be moist
- —To reduce friction
- —To facilitate absorption and excretion
- Lamina propria
- —Is areolar tissue
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• Mucous Membranes (Mucosae)
5
Q
• In digestive, respiratory, urinary, and reproductive
tracts
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• Mucous Membranes (Mucosae)
6
Q
Why must Epithelial surfaces be moist?
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- —To reduce friction
* —To facilitate absorption and excretion
7
Q
Is areolar tissue
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Lamina propria
8
Q
are coated with the
secretions of mucous glands.
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Mucous membranes
9
Q
membranes line the digestive, respiratory,
urinary, and reproductive tracts
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Mucous membranes
10
Q
- Line cavities not open to the outside
- Are thin but strong
- Have fluid transudate to reduce friction
- Have a parietal portion covering the cavity
- Have a visceral portion (serosa) covering the organs
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• Serous Membranes
11
Q
visceral portion of • Serous Membranes is also known as ______, which covers the organs
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serosa
12
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• Three Serous Membranes:
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1. Pleura • Lines pleural cavities • Covers lungs 2. Peritoneum • Lines peritoneal cavity • Covers abdominal organs 3. Pericardium • Lines pericardial cavity • Covers heart
13
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- Lines pleural cavities
* Covers lungs
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- Pleura
14
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- Lines peritoneal cavity
* Covers abdominal organs
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- Peritoneum
15
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- Lines pericardial cavity
* Covers heart
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- Pericardium
