Anatomy 3.1 Vocabulary

another name for skin

• cutaneous membrane

• pleura

• pericardium

thin sheets of tissue lining the internal and external surfaces of the body

• peritoneum

• epithelial membranes

• synovial membrane

thin sheets or layers of pliable tissue

• pericardium

• pleura

• membranes

thin sheets of tissue lining the body cavities that open to the outside world

• mucous membranes

• serous membranes

• synovial membrane

the membrane that surrounds the heart

• peritonium

• pericardium

• pleura

the membrane that lines the abdominal cavity

• pericardium

• mucous membranes

• peritoneum

the membrane that encases the lungs

• epithelial membranes

• pleura

• synovial membrane

a thin, clear liquid that serves as a lubricant between parietal and visceral membranes

• pericardium

• synovial fluid

• serous fluid

this sheets of tissues that line body cavities closed to the outside world

• serous membranes

• percardium

• cutaneous membrane

a clear liquid secreted by synovial membranes that provides cushioning for and reduces friction in synovial joints

• synovial membrane

• synovial fluid

• serous fluid