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Cutaneous membrane |
or skin, is the primary organ of the integumentary system. |
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Serous membrane |
is composed of two distinct layers of tissue. |
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Basement membrane |
gluelike, that holds and supports the epithelial cells |
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Parietal |
The serous membrane that lines the walls of a body cavity much like wallpaper covers the walls of a room |
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Visceral |
The portion of the membrane that instead folds inward to cover the surface of organs within a body cavity is called the visceral layer |
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Pluera |
In the thoracic cavity the serous membrane around each lung |
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Peritoneum |
In the abdominal cavity, the serous membrane covering most of the organs |
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Mucous membrane |
are epithelial membranes that contain both epithelial layer and a fibrous connective tissue layer |
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Examples of mucous membranes |
lining the respiratory, digestive, urinary, and reproductive tracts |
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Lamina propria |
The fibrous connective tissue underlying the epithelium in mucous membranes |
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Mucocutaneous junction |
used to describe the transitional area that serves as a point of "Fusion" where skin and mucous membranes meet |
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Synovial membranes |
lining the joint capsules that surround and attach the ends of articulating bones in movable joints are classified as connective tissue membranes |
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Synovial fluid |
These membranes are smooth and slick and secrete a thick, colorless, lubricating fluid |
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Bursae |
cushion like sacs found between many moving body parts |
