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?

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?