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serosa [1 record]

Record 1 2008-05-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Veterinary Medicine
DEF

A thin membrane that lines most of the closed cavities of the carcass and covers the outer surface of the viscera. The pleura and peritoneum are serous membranes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médecine vétérinaire
DEF

Fine membrane de tissu conjonctif qui tapisse certaines cavités internes de l'organisme (plèvre, péricarde, synoviale articulaire, gaine synoviale d'un tendon dite gaine séreuse).

OBS

Membrane facilitant le glissement de parois l'une contre l'autre. Les membranes synoviales sont des séreuses.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medicina veterinaria
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