NOUN
- mucus-secreting membrane lining all body cavities or passages that communicate with the exterior
How To Use mucous membrane In A Sentence
- Although he had not howled once, his snarling and growling, combined with his thirst, had hoarsened his throat and dried the mucous membranes of his mouth so that he was incapable, except under the sheerest provocation, of further sound. CHAPTER XVI
- Wear broken bone to invade when infection when reaching parenchyma, can be in mucous membrane or form cold abscess hypodermically.
- These infections may range from cutaneous warts to genital mucous membrane infections that can progress to cervical cancer.
- The Arteria Profunda Linguæ (ranine artery; deep lingual artery) is the terminal portion of the lingual artery; it pursues a tortuous course and runs along the under surface of the tongue, below the Longitudinalis inferior, and above the mucous membrane; it lies on the lateral side of the Genioglossus, accompanied by the lingual nerve. VI. The Arteries. 3a. 2. The External Carotid Artery
- Victims suffered from acute cyanosis, a blue discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes.
- And finally the mucous membrane, thick and rich in blood vessels at the top and gradually thinner and paler below. COMPULSION
- An infected mucous membrane, especially of the tongue, nose and larynx, commonly becomes ulcerated.
- I left them hastily somewhere in the area of the mucous membrane of the small intestine ( "including that of the plicae circulares") and reverting to my rapidly proliferating list, journeyed back more than 1,360 tempting pages to chorion, only to find myself and it deeply involved with the fetus of mammals. VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIV No 3
- This is fairly common, is seen almost exclusively in women over middle age, and is usually a manifestation of lichen planus or mucous membrane pemphigoid.
- The interior of the body is likewise lined with a covering, which is termed mucous membrane, from the fact that from its surface, or from certain special glands within it, or from both, there is constantly being secreted a thin semi-transparent fluid called mucus. The Art of Living in Australia