Glossary
- Cutaneous membrane
- the skin
- Epithelial membrane
- composed of epithelium attached to a layer of connective tissue
- Mucous membrane
- a composite of connective and epithelial tissues
- Serous membrane
- an epithelial membrane
- Synovial membrane
- enclose certain joints and are made of connective tissue only
- Tissue membrane
- thin layer or sheet of cells that covers the outside of the body, organs, internal passageways that lead to the external part of the body and the linings of the moveable joints.
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