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The pleura is the serous membrane of the thoracic cavity.

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What covers the abdominopelvic organs like a blanket?

The peritoneum is the serous membrane that forms the lining of the abdominal cavity.


Does the peritoneum cover the abdominopelvic organs like a blanket?

Yes The peritoneum is the serous membrane that forms the lining of the abdominal cavity.


What serous membrane surrounds the stomach?

The visceral segment of the serous membranes encases the internal organs while the parietal segment is responsible for lining the body wall. Serous membranes which care for the needs of the lungs are known as pleurae while the serous membranes which care for the abdominal cavity are known as peritoneum, but are also referred to as peritoneal membranes.


What does the parietal peritoneum cover?

it is in the abdominopelvic cavity


What epithelial membrane lines the closed ventral cavities of the body?

The serous membrane, specifically the parietal serosa, lines the closed ventral cavities of the body. Examples include the pleura in the thoracic cavity and the peritoneum in the abdominal cavity.


This type of membrane lines a body cavity that does NOT open directly to the outside?

Serous membrane lines body cavities that do not open to the outside, such as the pleural cavity around the lungs or the peritoneal cavity in the abdomen. These membranes secrete a fluid that helps reduce friction between organs during movement.


Is the thoracic cavity is distal to the abdominopelvic cavity?

The thoracic cavity is superior to the abdominopelvic cavity.


What is a serous membrane?

serous membranes line the thoracic and abdominopelvic cavities and cover visceral organs. they are composed of thin sheets of epethelial tissue that lubricate, support, and compartmentalize visceral organs. serous fluid is the watery lubricant they secrete.


What is the membrane that lines the body's cavity?

The peritoneal cavity is just space which the abdominal organs occupy. So basically the membrane would be called the peritoneal membrane or shortly known as the peritonuem hope this helps ^_^


Where in the body do serous membranes occur?

Serous membranes line body cavities that do not open directly to the outside, and they cover the organs located in those cavities. Serous membranes are covered by a thin layer of serous fluid that is secreted by the epithelium. Serous fluid lubricates the membrane and reduces friction and abrasion when organs in the thoracic or abdominopelvic cavity move against each other or the cavity wall. Serous membranes have special names given according to their location. For example, the serous membrane that lines the thoracic cavity and covers the lungs is called pleura.


Serosal membrane lining the abdominopelvic cavity by way of the mesentery is called the?

peritoneum


Has parietal and visceral layers?

Parietal membrane is the lining of a body cavity. Visceral membrane is the covering of each organ in a body cavity.