Practical Body Membranes and Integument

Mucous

Opens to the exterior

Locations: Digestive, respiratory, urinary, and reproductive systems

Lines all body cavities that open to the exterior body surface

Moist membranes adapted for absorption or secretion

Serous

Covers internal organs

What is the parietal layer of the lungs

Pleura

What is the parietal layer of the heart

Pericardium

What is the parietal layer of the abdominal

Peritoneum

Cutaneous

The skin

Dry membrane

Outermost protective boundary

Synovial

Moves joints Also reduces friction

Epidermis

Stratified Squamous

Icing on the cake

Dermis

Dense Irregular

Hypodermis

Adipose

Sweat and Sebaceous glands

Arrector pili muscles

Purpose of epithelial cells

Protect against friction

Where is the Meiastium found

In the thoracic cavity, heart, and trachea

What are the 4 types of body membranes

Cutaneous, Mucous, Serous, Synovial

Function of body membranes

Cover body surfaces, lines body cavities, form protective sheet around organs