Lymphoma - Canine Flashcards

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Objectives

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  • ​Serous Membranes
    • Understand and recognize the structure of a serous membrane
    • Identify the tunica serosa on various organs
    • Explain the nomenclaute fo the serous membranes of body cavities.
  • Be able o define the following terms:
    • (Tunica) serosa, pericardium, pleura, peritoneum, visceral, parietal
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Serous Membranes

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  • Lines body cavities
  • Cover the outer surface of the organs in those cavities
    • They are the Tunica serosa of those organs
    • They also have specific names depending on the body cavity (Pleura, pericardium, peritoneum)
  • Have simple squamous epithelium
  • Connective tissue holding them to the organs or to the wall of the body cavity (sometimes very thin)
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Serous Membrane breakdown

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Mesenteries

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  • Double-sided fold of the peritoneumwhich attaches the stomach, small intestine, pancreas, spleen, and other organs to the wall of the abdomen (usually dorsal wall)
  • Named for the organ (mesogastrium, mesoduodenum, etc.) The greater omentum is a mesentery
  • Usually contain some fat, vessels and verves; sometimes lymph nodes
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Mesovarium

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  • Peritoneum on the ovary is a little different in appearance. It is cuboidal
  • It is the Tunica Serosa of the ovary
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Mesosalpinx

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  • Part of the broad ligament covering and attached to the uterine tube
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Visceral Vaginal Tunic

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  • On the surface of the testis or epididymis = “Mesochium”
  • On the ductus deferens = “Mesoductus deferens”
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Mesometrium

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Specifially named serous membranes

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  • Visceral pleura - “pulmonary pleura” - covers Lung
  • Visceral pericardium - “eipicrdium” - covers Heart
  • Visceral Peritoneum - covers other organs
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