Serous Membranes Flashcards
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Serous Membrane
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Thin membrane that covers the walls and organs in thoracic and abdominopelvic cavities
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Visceral layer
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covers organ
3
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Parietal layer
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Line the walls of body cavity
4
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Cavity
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Between visceral and parietal layer, fluid filled serous space.
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Pleura
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serous membrane that surrounds lung in pleural cavity
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pericardium
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surrounds heart in pericardial cavity
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peritoneum
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surrounds organs in abdominopelvic cavity.
