mucosa
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In humans, for example, this is the case in the intestinal mucosa or the liver.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 18, 2024
The first big difference between antibody functions in fish and humans is that the mucosa of fish includes the skin.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 27, 2023
"We have shown that even during periods of microscopic intestinal inflammation, IBD patients have an increased risk of serious infections, including sepsis, compared to periods when they have a microscopically healed mucosa," he explains.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2023
"Despite extensive in vitro experimentation, how P. aeruginosa forms biofilms at the airway mucosa is unresolved," the authors of the paper explained.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2023
Cases of the evacuation of desquamated patches of diphtheritic membrane from the intestinal mucosa 6 to 9 feet in length have been reported.
From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
At the same time, scientists are developing a new generation of vaccines that may give broader immunity or elicit a stronger response in the mucosae of the respiratory tract.
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 22, 2021
The team analyzed almost 270,000 cells from swab samples taken from the nasal mucosae of people aged between four weeks and 77 years.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 26, 2021
Malignant lesions are characterized by invasion of the lamina muscularis mucosae and beyond.
From Nature ● Sep. 18, 2013
Sometimes called mucosae, these epithelial membranes line the body cavities and hollow passageways that open to the external environment, and include the digestive, respiratory, excretory, and reproductive tracts.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The endoderm, or inner tissue, is responsible for generating the lining tissues of various spaces within the body, such as the mucosae of the digestive and respiratory systems.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
