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Integumentary System
27 cards·by browncl4
What is an Organ?
2 or more tissues that are linked together to form a common action.
All the membranes of the body are actually part of what organ system?
Integumentary System
The intugementary system has what four major membranes?
Serous,Mocous,Synovial,and Cutaneous
The Integumentary System also consists of___.
skin
All of the membranes that line the internal cavities of your body are surrounded by___.
Serous Membrane
Serous Membrane produces___.
Serous Fluid
___is thin water fluid that allows for Lubrication on the inside.
Serous Fluid
The Integumentary structures are important for what two reasons?
Protection of underlying tissues and helping to lubricate some of the organs
___helps to lubricate all the internal organs, so they can fly over one another as their
working in the body.
Serous Membrane
___is known as Serosa.
Serous Membrane
What are 2 layers of serosa?
Parietal and Visceral
___layer of membrane that lines the body cavity.
parietal
For every body cavity your going to have___ and___.
parietal and visceral
___is in the lungs.
Pluera
What are the three types of serosa?
pleura,pericardium and peritoneum
What line the pleura cavity?
parietal pleura
What are the two layers around the heart?
parietal pericardium and visceral pericardium
What is the sac that the heart sits in?
Parietal Pericardium
What lines the peritoneum?
parietal peritoneum
What layer covers over the small intestine and large intestine and other organs, in the inside
and is thin watery fluid?
visceral peritoneum
What about all the tubes and all of the changes in the body that are open to the outside?
thicker membrane,epthelial tissue called Mucous Membrane
___,__ and __ tracts produce a thick heavy fluid that help protect rather than lubricate.
Digestive, Reproductive and Respiratory
Internally___.
Lubricating
What is one other internal cavity that has a serous like fluid, but more specialized?
Synovial Membrane
___is thin and helps lubricate.
Serous Membrane
___is found in the joints.
Synovial
____ covers and protects the entire body.
Cutaneous Membrane