Body Membranes

Dorsal Body cavity

Covered by meninges. (Dura mater, arachnoid, and Pia meter

Ventral Body cavity

Contains serous membrane

Ventral

Serous membrane

filled with watery serous fluid that lubes organs

Ventral

Pleura

The membrane that lines the pleural cavity, which covers the lungs in the thoracic cavity.

Ventral

Pericardium

The membrane that lines the pericardial cavity, which covers the heart in the mediastinum (middle).

Ventral

Peritoneum

The membrane that lines the peritoneal cavity and covers the organs that fill the abdominopelvic cavity.

Vicera

Organ

Part of the serous membrane lining that actually touches the organ is the

visceral layer

The outer lining of the membrane that lines the wall of the cavity is the

parietal layer

Parietal W

Wall

Visceral Pleura

actually touches the lung

parietal pleura

lining that touches the wall

Lung

______ is the lining, inside the fluid filled part is the _____ cavity

pleura, pleural

Heart

_________ lining of the membrane, inside the fluid filled part is the _______ cavity

parietal pericardium, pericardial