Integumentary system (Ch 7) Human Bodies

Integument is another name for

• skin

• muscle

• blood

• bone

A thin, sheetlike structure that may have many important functions in the body is __________.

• an appendage

• a cuticle

• a membrane

• a bursa

The tow major types of body membranes are:

• epithelial and nervous

• connective and muscle

• epithelial and muscle

• epithelial and connective

Which of the following is not a type of epithelial membrane?

• cutaneous

• synovial

• serous

• mucous

Another name for the cutaneous membrane is _______.

• skin

• hair

• bone

• blood

Skin is the main organ of the ________ system.

• skeletal

• integumentary

• muscular

• nervous

This type of membrane is only found on surfaces within closed cavities. It is a continuous sheet of tissue covering two different surfaces.

• mucous

• cutaneous

• serous

• synovial

The serous membrane layer that lines the walls of a body cavity is the _______ layer.

• parietal

• visceral

• pleurisy

• connective

The serous layer of membrane that covers the surface of organs found within the body cavity is the ________ layer.

• visceral

• parietal

• pleurisy

• connective

In the thoracic cavity, the serous membrane is called:

• parietal

• visceral

• pleura

• peritoneum