Definition of Synovial membrane

1. Noun. A thin membrane in synovial (freely moving) joints that lines the joint capsule and secretes synovial fluid.

Exact synonyms: Synovium
Generic synonyms: Membrane, Tissue Layer

Definition of Synovial membrane

1. Noun. (anatomy) A thin membrane of joints, comprised of smooth connective tissue and which secretes synovial fluid. ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Synovial Membrane

synoptic climatology
synoptical
synoptically
synorogenic
synosteoses
synosteosis
synosteotic
synostoses
synostosis
synovectomies
synovectomy
synovia
synovial
synovial fluid
synovial joint
synovial membrane (current term)
synovial membranes
synovias
synoviocyte
synoviocytes
synoviopathy
synovitides
synovitis
synovitises
synovium
synpelmous
synperiplanar
synpetalous
synphilin
synroc

Literary usage of Synovial 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 (1901)
"Hence the articular synovial membrane may be regarded as a short wide tube, ... In some of the joints the synovial membrane is thrown into folds, ..."

2. The Science and Art of Surgery: A Treatise on Surgical Injuries, Diseases by John Eric Erichsen (1885)
"It sometimes happens that the synovial membrane of a joint assumes a Warty Condition, as the result of chronic disease of the articulation, especially iii ..."

3. Quain's Elements of Anatomy by Jones Quain, Allen Thomson, George Dancer Thane (1882)
"In several of the joints, folds of the synovial membrane pass across he cavity ... In such instances one part of the synovial membrane forms a lining to the ..."

4. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"It appears to derive its nutriment partly from the vessels of the neighboring synovial membrane and partly from those of the bone upon which it is implanted ..."

5. The Science and art of surgery by John Eric Erichsen (1864)
"Inflammation of the synovial membrane, the most common perhaps of all the articular affections, may be acute, subacute, or chronic. CAUSES. ..."

6. A Dictionary of Medicine: Including General Pathology, General Therapeutics by Richard Quain, Frederick Thomas Roberts, John Mitchell Bruce, Samuel Treat Armstrong (1894)
"The synovial membrane becomes injected and thickened, with effusion into the sub-synovial tissue. The natural secretion iä increased in quantity, ..."

7. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"Hence the articular synovial membrane may be regarded as a short wide tube, ... In some of the joints the synovial membrane is thrown into folds, ..."

8. The Science and Art of Surgery: A Treatise on Surgical Injuries, Diseases by John Eric Erichsen (1885)
"It sometimes happens that the synovial membrane of a joint assumes a Warty Condition, as the result of chronic disease of the articulation, especially iii ..."

9. Quain's Elements of Anatomy by Jones Quain, Allen Thomson, George Dancer Thane (1882)
"In several of the joints, folds of the synovial membrane pass across he cavity ... In such instances one part of the synovial membrane forms a lining to the ..."

10. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"It appears to derive its nutriment partly from the vessels of the neighboring synovial membrane and partly from those of the bone upon which it is implanted ..."

11. The Science and art of surgery by John Eric Erichsen (1864)
"Inflammation of the synovial membrane, the most common perhaps of all the articular affections, may be acute, subacute, or chronic. CAUSES. ..."

12. A Dictionary of Medicine: Including General Pathology, General Therapeutics by Richard Quain, Frederick Thomas Roberts, John Mitchell Bruce, Samuel Treat Armstrong (1894)
"The synovial membrane becomes injected and thickened, with effusion into the sub-synovial tissue. The natural secretion iä increased in quantity, ..."

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