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Mucosa   Listen
noun
mucosa  n.  The mucus-secreting membrane lining all body cavities or passages that communicate with the exterior; called also mucous membrane.
Synonyms: mucous membrane.






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"Mucosa" Quotes from Famous Books



... children that they refuse to empty the bowels when they are placed on the closet because they obtain pleasure from defecation, when the retained stool by its accumulation excites strong irritation of the mucosa. The importance which scatological rites and ceremonials, that is, certain peculiar niceties practiced in connection with the emptying of the bowels, play in the evolution of the race have been extensively discussed in literature. ...
— Studies in Forensic Psychiatry • Bernard Glueck

... walls of the cecum, for the colon is loaded with fecal accumulations so that the onrushing contents of the small intestine can not be received by the colon; hence the force of the whole peristaltic impact is spent on the cecum, which must endanger the integrity of the mucosa as well as ...
— Appendicitis: The Etiology, Hygenic and Dietetic Treatment • John H. Tilden, M.D.



Words linked to "Mucosa" :   conjunctiva, hymen, membrane, virginal membrane, tissue layer



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