Homestead exemption laws protect property from the claims of. creditors. Even though the loan is in your husband's name, if the loan. was in default and the creditor sought to foreclose on the property, you. might be able to claim that some of the property is exempt from. creditors' claims under the homestead exemption. The homestead waiver.
Key Points. 1  The pericardium is a mesothelium tissue of the thoracic cavity which surrounds the heart. The outer layer, the fibrous pericardium, is comprised of dense connective tissue that protects the heart, anchors it to the surrounding walls, and prevents it from overfilling.
How the pericardium (in red) surrounds the heart. The pericardium is the serous membrane (covering membrane) which, in humans and other vertebrates, forms the wall of the pericardial cavity and holds the heart in place. It is made of two thin layers of tissue. Visceral pericardium (epicardium) Immediately surrounding the heart, and attached to it, is the visceral pericardium, or epicardium. The heart can slide easily on the visceral pericardium, thus allowing it to beat freely. The visceral pericardium has an external layer of flat mesothelial cells, which lies on a stroma of fibrocollagenous support tissue.