lamina

This usually happens in a part of our gut called the lamina propria.

There is some evidence for this idea, such as neuroimaging work in people that have identified activity in the lamina terminalis in response to thirst.

The laminae of phyllo dough look pale, but they crackle wonderfully against the honey-rich nut fillings.

Tight junctions are disrupted, enabling microbes to cross from the lumen into the lamina propria.

Alvarez wondered what it was about a thin lamina of clay, barely a quarter of an inch thick, that could account for such a dramatic moment in Earth’s history.