Membrane /(?)/
Mem·brane
Membrane
n.
- A thin layer or fold of tissue, usually supported by a fibrous network, serving to cover or line some part or organ, and often secreting or absorbing certain fluids. (Anat.)
Phrases & Compounds
- Adventitious membrane
- a membrane connecting parts not usually connected, or of a different texture from the ordinary connection; as, the membrane of a cicatrix.
- Jacob's membrane
- See under Retina.
- Mucous membranes
- the membranes lining passages and cavities which communicate with the exterior, as well as ducts and receptacles of secretion, and habitually secreting mucus.
- Schneiderian membrane
- See Schneiderian.
- Serous membranes
- , the membranes, like the peritoneum and pleura, which line, or lie in, cavities having no obvious outlet, and secrete a serous fluid.