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• membrane — 1. A thin sheet or layer of pliable tissue, serving as a covering or envelope of a part, as the lining of a cavity, as a partition or septum, or to connect two structures. SYN: membrana [TA]. 2. SYN: biomembrane. [L. membrana, a skin or m …   Medical dictionary

• Chorioallantoic membrane — The chorioallantoic membrane of a developing chick covered with Smallpox virus pocks MeSH …   Wikipedia

• Descemet's membrane — Vertical section of human cornea from near the margin. (Waldeyer.) Magnified. 1. Epithelium. 2. Anterior elastic lamina. 3. substantia propria. 4. Posterior elastic lamina. (Descemet s membrane) 5. Endothelium of the anterior chamber. a …   Wikipedia

• Mucous membrane of nose — Latin tunica mucosa nasi, membrana mucosa nasi Gray s subject #223 996 The nasal mucous membrane lines the nasal cavities, and is intimately adherent to the periosteum or perichondrium. It is continuou …   Wikipedia

• mucous membrane — n a membrane rich in mucous glands specif one that lines body passages and cavities which communicate directly or indirectly with the exterior (as the alimentary, respiratory, and genitourinary tracts), that functions in protection, support,… …   Medical dictionary

• External limiting membrane — Latin membrana limitans externa Gray s subject #225 1017 The external limiting membrane (or outer limiting membrane) is one of the ten distinct layers of the retina of the eye. It has a network like structure and i …   Wikipedia

• Inner limiting membrane — [[Image: |250px|]] Section of retina. (Membrana limitans interna labeled at right, at top …   Wikipedia

• placental membrane — the semipermeable membrane that separates the fetal from the maternal blood in the placenta. In the human (hemochorial) placenta, it is composed of fetal vascular endothelium, connective tissue, cytotrophoblast, and syncytiotrophoblast, and it… …   Medical dictionary

• chorioallantoic membrane — noun the very vascular fetal membrane composed of the fused chorion and adjacent wall of the allantois • Syn: ↑chorioallantois • Hypernyms: ↑membrane, ↑tissue layer * * * noun see chorioallantois …   Useful english dictionary

• arachnoid membrane — noun the middle of the 3 meninges • Syn: ↑arachnoid • Hypernyms: ↑meninx, ↑meninges • Part Holonyms: ↑leptomeninges * * * arachnoid membrane noun (anatomy and …   Useful english dictionary

• human embryology — ▪ biology Introduction       the process encompassing the period from the formation of an embryo, through the development of a fetus, to birth.       The human body, like that of most animals, develops from a single cell produced by the union of… …   Universalium