mucosa
(mū-kō′să)
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(mū-kō′sē″)
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(mū-kō′sī″ )
pl. mucosae [L. mucosus, mucosa, mucous]
A mucous membrane or moist tissue layer that lines the hollow organs and cavities of the body that open to the environment. It consists of an epithelial layer on a basement membrane and a connective tissue layer (the lamina propria). The tissue lining the alimentary canal also contains a smooth muscle layer (the muscularis mucosae). The type of epithelium, thickness, and presence or absence of glands vary with the function or location of the mucosa.
mucosal (mū-kō′săl)
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Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Mucosa." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/758430/all/mucosa.
Mucosa. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/758430/all/mucosa. Accessed November 10, 2024.
Mucosa. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/758430/all/mucosa
Mucosa [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 November 10]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/758430/all/mucosa.
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