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Definition of Tissue layer
1. Noun. A pliable sheet of tissue that covers or lines or connects the organs or cells of animals or plants.
Specialized synonyms: Trophoblast, Chorioallantoic Membrane, Chorioallantois, Web, Bowman's Capsule, Capsula Glomeruli, Glomerular Capsule, Axolemma, Basilar Membrane, Fetal Membrane, Choroid, Choroid Coat, Ciliary Body, Cornea, Diaphragm, Midriff, Eardrum, Myringa, Tympanic Membrane, Tympanum, Endocranium, Endosteum, Ependyma, Fertilization Membrane, Hyaloid, Hyaloid Membrane, Intima, Iris, Lamella, Meninges, Meninx, Mucosa, Mucous Membrane, Periosteum, Perithelium, Retina, Sarcolemma, Semipermeable Membrane, Serosa, Serous Membrane, Synovial Membrane, Synovium, Adventitia, Tunic, Tunica
Generic synonyms: Animal Tissue
Terms within: Phospholipid
Derivative terms: Membranous
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tissue Layer
Literary usage of Tissue layer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"In the veins next above these in size (0.4 mm. in diameter), according to Kolliker,
a connective tissue layer containing numerous muscle fibres circularly ..."
2. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences by California Academy of Sciences (1920)
"Larger vessels run beneath the denser connective tissue layer and run parallel
with it, dipping into the scale. From these vessels branches are given off ..."
3. A Text-book of Histology: Arranged Upon an Embryological Basis by Frederic Thomas Lewis, Philipp Stöhr (1913)
"The tela submucosa (tela, tissue) is a connective tissue layer which contains
many blood and lymphatic vessels, and the ganglionated plexus submucosus. ..."
4. Textbook of Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham (1905)
"A, Section of skin showing epithelium r, battement membrane b, and connective
tissue layer r. Б allow« the papilla of the connective tissue layer к rowing ..."
5. Diseases of Women by Harry Sturgeon Crossen (1922)
"The wall of the vagina presents three layers — an external connective tissue
layer, a middle muscular layer and an inner mucous layer. ..."
6. An Elementary Treatise on Human Anatomy by Joseph Leidy (1889)
"Following the fibro-connective-tissue layer there is a considerable layer of
elastic tissue collected in longitudinal reticular bundles. ..."
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