serous membrane

NOUN
  1. a thin membrane lining the closed cavities of the body; has two layers with a space between that is filled with serous fluid
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  • Pouch of serous membrane covering the testis and derived from the peritoneum. venesection (venisection, phlebotomy) Surgical Anatomy
  • The membranes that surround these cavities are called the serous membranes. The Jack of all trades is a master of ......?
  • The tunica adventitia was serous membrane , but in the mesosalpinx, it was connective tissue.
  • If, on the other hand, the intestine dilates the serous membrane at the point, 1, where it stretches across the internal ring, it will, on entering the fibrous tube, (infundibuliform fascia,) be found invested by a sac of the peritonaeum, which it dilates and pouches before itself. Surgical Anatomy
  • As the layers become continuous with each other at different points, the arachnoid, like the pericardium, forms a shut sac, and, like other serous membranes, it secretes a fluid, known as the _arachnoid fluid_. The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand
  • The free cancer cells positive rate related to the tumor infiltration depth, serous membrane invasion area and the type of histopathology.
  • _ -- The _dura mater_ is a fibro-serous membrane, the outer, fibrous layer constituting the endosteum of the skull, the inner, serous layer forming one of the coverings of the brain. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.
  • Thin serous membrane in mammals that envelops each lung and folds back to make a lining for the chest cavity. pleuritic (pleurisy) Surgical Anatomy
  • Haversian system: this is another way to describe an osteon 21. intercalated disc: an irregular transverse thickening of the cardiac muscle cell membrane containing both desmosomes and gap junctions 22. lacuna: a small, hollow space in cartilage or bone tissue in which living cells are found 23. leukocyte: a white blood cell 24. mesothelium: the layer of simple squamous epithelium that lines the serous membranes of the thoracic and abdominopelvic cavities and covers the organs within them 25. microvilli: the microscopic, fingerlike projections of a cell's plasma membrane that increase the surface area available for absorption 26. muscle fiber: an elongated contractile cell that forms the muscles of the body 27. neuroglia: a cell of the nervous system that protects and supports neurons Recently Uploaded Slideshows
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