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thick, fibrous
Parietal pericardium
· reduces friction
Pericardial cavity
· covers lungs
Visceral pleura
· lines inner wall of thorax
Parietal pleura
- Reduces friction
- Adheres lungs to thoracic wall
Pleural cavity
- Covers, anchors organs
- Double layers called mesenteries
· Visceral peritoneum
Double layers in visceral pertoneum
mesentries
· ines inner wall of abdominopelvic cavity
Parietal peritoneum
reduces friction
Peritoneal cavity
The scientific discipline concerned with the atomic composition and structure of substances and the reactions they undergo.
Chemistry
Anything that occupies space and has mass.
Matter
The amount of matter in an object.
Mass
The gravitational force acting on an object of a given mass.
Weight
The simplest type of matter having unique chemical properties.
Element
The smallest particle of an element.
Atom
Have no electrical charge.
Neutrons
Have positive charges.
Proton
Have negative charges.
Electron
The region where electrons are most likely to be found.
Electron cloud
The number of protons in each atom is called
Atomic number
