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mucosa

[myoo-koh-suh, -zuh] / mjuˈkoʊ sə, -zə /
NOUN
membrane
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In humans, for example, this is the case in the intestinal mucosa or the liver.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 18, 2024

The first big difference between antibody functions in fish and humans is that the mucosa of fish includes the skin.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 27, 2023

The study explored molecular-level changes occurring in human olfactory mucosa cells when exposed to different emissions derived from traffic.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2023

"Despite extensive in vitro experimentation, how P. aeruginosa forms biofilms at the airway mucosa is unresolved," the authors of the paper explained.

From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2023

The serious difficulties of menstruation are due to definite pathological conditions such as displacements of the uterus, affections of the uterine mucosa and of the ovaries.

From Psychotherapy by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh

At the same time, scientists are developing a new generation of vaccines that may give broader immunity or elicit a stronger response in the mucosae of the respiratory tract.

From Science Magazine ● Dec. 22, 2021

The team analyzed almost 270,000 cells from swab samples taken from the nasal mucosae of people aged between four weeks and 77 years.

From Scientific American ● Aug. 26, 2021

Cells may migrate beyond the lamina muscularis mucosae and form a carcinoma or spread to distant sites in the body.

From Nature ● Sep. 18, 2013

Sometimes called mucosae, these epithelial membranes line the body cavities and hollow passageways that open to the external environment, and include the digestive, respiratory, excretory, and reproductive tracts.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013

The endoderm, or inner tissue, is responsible for generating the lining tissues of various spaces within the body, such as the mucosae of the digestive and respiratory systems.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013




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