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51unit membrane — n the limiting membrane of cells and various organelles viewed formerly as a 3 layered structure with an inner lipid layer and two outer protein layers and currently as a fluid phospholipid bilayer with intercalated proteins * * * the trilaminar… …
52stratum circulare of tympanic membrane — circular layer of tympanic membrane: the inner part of the fibrous stratum of the membrane, consisting of circularly coursing fibers deep to the mucous layer of the tympanic membrane; it is best developed near the periphery …
53tectorial membrane — noun Etymology: New Latin tectorium + English al : membrane of corti * * * tectorial membrane noun The membrane covering the organ of Corti in the inner ear • • • Main Entry: ↑tectorial …
54Nictitating membrane — Nictitate Nic ti*tate, v. i. [See {Nictate}.] To wink; to nictate. [1913 Webster] {Nictitating membrane} (Anat.), a thin membrane, found in many animals at the inner angle, or beneath the lower lid, of the eye, and capable of being drawn across… …
55Heuser's membrane — Infobox Embryology Name = PAGENAME Latin = GraySubject = GrayPage = Caption = Caption2 = System = CarnegieStage = Days = 12 Precursor = GivesRiseTo = extraembryonic coelom MeshName = MeshNumber = DorlandsPre = m 08 DorlandsSuf = 12522719 Heuser s …
56nictitating membrane — n a thin membrane found in many vertebrate animals at the inner angle or beneath the lower lid of the eye and capable of extending across the eyeball called also membrana nictitans, third eyelid * * * a transparent fold of skin lying deep to the… …
57nuclear membrane — n a double membrane enclosing a cell nucleus and having its outer part continuous with the endoplasmic reticulum called also karyotheca * * * 1. either of the membranes, inner and outer, comprising the 2. nuclear envelope. nuclear envelope …
58mucous stratum of tympanic membrane — mucous layer of tympanic membrane: the inner layer of the tympanic membrane, continuous with the mucosa lining the tympanic cavity …
59serous membrane — serosa a smooth transparent membrane, consisting of mesothelium and underlying elastic fibrous connective tissue, lining certain large cavities of the body. The peritoneum of the abdomen, pleura of the chest, and pericardium of the heart are all… …
60Germinal membrane — Germinal Ger mi*nal, a. [See {Germ}.] 1. Pertaining or belonging to a germ; as, the germinal vesicle. [1913 Webster] 2. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to the germ, or germ cells, as distinguished from the somatic cells. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] {Germinal… …
