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mucosa

[myoo-koh-suh, -zuh] / mjuˈkoʊ sə, -zə /
NOUN
membrane
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IgM is also unique because it is found both in the blood and the mucosa, which is a moist tissue that lines the body canals, including the nose, mouth, and intestine.

From Science Daily Nov. 27, 2023

Exposure to ultrafine particles from traffic alters the expression of many genes in human olfactory mucosa cells, a new study shows.

From Science Daily Nov. 14, 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

The serious difficulties of menstruation are due to definite pathological conditions such as displacements of the uterus, affections of the uterine mucosa and of the ovaries.

From Psychotherapy by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh

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

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

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




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