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Definition of Serous membrane

1. Noun. A thin membrane lining the closed cavities of the body; has two layers with a space between that is filled with serous fluid.

Definition of Serous membrane

1. Noun. (anatomy) A thin membrane that secretes serum lining an internal body cavity, such as the peritoneum, the pericardium, and the pleura. ¹

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Medical Definition of Serous membrane

1. One of the delicate membranes of connective tissue which line the internal cavities of the body. Synonym: serosa. (28 May 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Serous Membrane

Literary usage of Serous membrane

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1883)
"The serous membrane is often supported by a firm fibrous layer, as is the case with the pericardium, and such membranes are sometimes spoken of as ..."

2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1856)
"In acute inflammation of a serous membrane, this exudation takes place in a ... In the case of inflammation of a serous membrane, the exudation is in close ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Each serous membrane consists of a portion which invests the ... which forms the free surface of the serous membrane. Scattered irregularly over this ..."

4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General (1890)
"Each serous membrane consists of a portion which invests Sa:.i the viscus or organ, named the visceral layer, and a portion cc- which lines the walls of the ..."

5. A Treatise on Ruptures by William Lawrence (1838)
"MORBID CHANGES IN THE serous membrane COMPOSING IT. ... This serous membrane is thin, semi-transparent, and perfectly smooth on its internal surface, ..."

6. Rest and pain: A Course of Lectures on the Influence of Mechanical and by John Hilton (1891)
"... Pleura—Mechanical and Physiological Rest as Applied to the Treatment of Pericarditis- Analogy between the Effusion of Lymph by a serous membrane and the ..."

7. On Rest and Pain: A Course of Lectures on the Influence of Mechanical and by John Hilton, W. H. A. Jacobson (1879)
"We observe that the same intercostal nerves which supply the intercostal muscles moving the ribs supply also the serous membrane lining the thoracic ..."

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