Body Membranes Function and Classification Quiz

Which type of body membrane lines all body cavities that open to the exterior body surface and is often adapted for absorption or secretion?

Serous membrane

Synovial membrane

Mucous membrane (correct)

Cutaneous membrane

What type of epithelium is found in the mucous membranes of the rest of the digestive tract?

Simple columnar epithelium (correct)

Pseudostratified columnar epithelium

Cuboidal epithelium

Stratified squamous epithelium

Which type of membrane lines open body cavities that are closed to the exterior of the body, occurs in pairs separated by serous fluid, and includes specific membranes such as peritoneum and pleura?

Synovial membrane

Mucous membrane

Cutaneous membrane

Serous membrane (correct)

Which connective tissue membrane secretes a lubricating fluid and lines fibrous capsules surrounding joints?

Synovial membrane Signup and view all the answers

What is the outermost layer of the epidermis composed of shingle-like dead cells filled with keratin, which prevents water loss from the skin?

Stratum corneum Signup and view all the answers

In which layer of the epidermis do cells undergo mitosis and daughter cells are pushed upward to become the more superficial layers?

Stratum basale Signup and view all the answers

Which layer of the skin is deep to the dermis, not part of the skin, and anchors the skin to underlying organs?

Subcutaneous tissue (hypodermis) Signup and view all the answers

What pigment, produced by melanocytes in the stratum basale, determines skin color and can vary from yellow to brown to black?

Melanin Signup and view all the answers

Which layer of the dermis contains blood vessels, sweat and oil glands, and deep pressure receptors?

Reticular layer Signup and view all the answers

Which type of body membrane is the skin?

Cutaneous membrane Signup and view all the answers

What type of epithelium is found in the mucous membranes of the mouth and esophagus?

Stratified squamous epithelium Signup and view all the answers

Which specific serous membrane lines the abdominal cavity?

Peritoneum Signup and view all the answers

What pigment, produced by melanocytes, determines skin color and can vary from yellow to brown to black?

Eumelanin Signup and view all the answers

Which layer of the epidermis is formed from dead cells of the deeper strata and occurs only in thick, hairless skin of the palms of hands and soles of feet?

Stratum lucidum Signup and view all the answers

What type of epithelium is found in the rest of the digestive tract?

Simple columnar epithelium Signup and view all the answers

Which layer of the skin anchors the skin to underlying organs and is composed mostly of adipose tissue?

Subcutaneous tissue (hypodermis) Signup and view all the answers

Synovial membrane lines fibrous capsules surrounding joints and secretes a lubricating fluid. Which type of connective tissue makes up synovial membranes?

Areolar connective tissue Signup and view all the answers

Which layer of the dermis contain blood vessels, sweat and oil glands, and deep pressure receptors?

Reticular layer (deepest skin layer) Signup and view all the answers

What gives the skin its toughness?

Collagen fibers Signup and view all the answers

What specific serous membrane surrounds the heart?

Pericardium Signup and view all the answers

What type of epithelium is found in the mucous membranes of the mouth and esophagus?

Stratified squamous epithelium Signup and view all the answers

In which layer of the epidermis do cells undergo mitosis and daughter cells are pushed upward to become the more superficial layers?

Stratum basale Signup and view all the answers

Which layer of the dermis contains blood vessels, sweat and oil glands, and deep pressure receptors?

Reticular layer Signup and view all the answers

What gives the skin its toughness?

Collagen fibers Signup and view all the answers

What specific serous membrane surrounds the heart?

Pericardium Signup and view all the answers

Synovial membrane lines fibrous capsules surrounding joints and secretes a lubricating fluid. Which type of connective tissue makes up synovial membranes?

Areolar connective tissue Signup and view all the answers

Skin functions as which type of membrane?

Cutaneous membrane Signup and view all the answers

Which layer of the skin anchors the skin to underlying organs and is composed mostly of adipose tissue?

Subcutaneous tissue (hypodermis) Signup and view all the answers

What pigment, produced by melanocytes, determines skin color and can vary from yellow to brown to black?

Melanin Signup and view all the answers

What type of epithelium is found in the mucous membranes of the rest of the digestive tract?

Simple columnar epithelium Signup and view all the answers

Which type of body membrane lines all body cavities that open to the exterior body surface and is often adapted for absorption or secretion?

Mucous membrane Signup and view all the answers

What type of epithelium is found in the rest of the digestive tract?

Simple columnar epithelium Signup and view all the answers

Body Membranes Function and Classification Quiz

Questions and Answers

Which type of body membrane lines all body cavities that open to the exterior body surface and is often adapted for absorption or secretion?

What type of epithelium is found in the mucous membranes of the rest of the digestive tract?

Which type of membrane lines open body cavities that are closed to the exterior of the body, occurs in pairs separated by serous fluid, and includes specific membranes such as peritoneum and pleura?

Which connective tissue membrane secretes a lubricating fluid and lines fibrous capsules surrounding joints?

What is the outermost layer of the epidermis composed of shingle-like dead cells filled with keratin, which prevents water loss from the skin?

In which layer of the epidermis do cells undergo mitosis and daughter cells are pushed upward to become the more superficial layers?

Which layer of the skin is deep to the dermis, not part of the skin, and anchors the skin to underlying organs?

What pigment, produced by melanocytes in the stratum basale, determines skin color and can vary from yellow to brown to black?

Which layer of the dermis contains blood vessels, sweat and oil glands, and deep pressure receptors?

Which type of body membrane is the skin?

What type of epithelium is found in the mucous membranes of the mouth and esophagus?

Which specific serous membrane lines the abdominal cavity?

What pigment, produced by melanocytes, determines skin color and can vary from yellow to brown to black?

Which layer of the epidermis is formed from dead cells of the deeper strata and occurs only in thick, hairless skin of the palms of hands and soles of feet?

What type of epithelium is found in the rest of the digestive tract?

Which layer of the skin anchors the skin to underlying organs and is composed mostly of adipose tissue?

Synovial membrane lines fibrous capsules surrounding joints and secretes a lubricating fluid. Which type of connective tissue makes up synovial membranes?

Which layer of the dermis contain blood vessels, sweat and oil glands, and deep pressure receptors?

What gives the skin its toughness?

What specific serous membrane surrounds the heart?

What type of epithelium is found in the mucous membranes of the mouth and esophagus?

In which layer of the epidermis do cells undergo mitosis and daughter cells are pushed upward to become the more superficial layers?

Which layer of the dermis contains blood vessels, sweat and oil glands, and deep pressure receptors?

What gives the skin its toughness?

What specific serous membrane surrounds the heart?

Synovial membrane lines fibrous capsules surrounding joints and secretes a lubricating fluid. Which type of connective tissue makes up synovial membranes?

Skin functions as which type of membrane?

Which layer of the skin anchors the skin to underlying organs and is composed mostly of adipose tissue?

What pigment, produced by melanocytes, determines skin color and can vary from yellow to brown to black?

What type of epithelium is found in the mucous membranes of the rest of the digestive tract?

Which type of body membrane lines all body cavities that open to the exterior body surface and is often adapted for absorption or secretion?

What type of epithelium is found in the rest of the digestive tract?

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