mucous membrane |
<pathology> The lubricated inner lining of the mouth, nasal passages, vagina and urethra, any membrane or lining which contains mucous secreting glands.
(27 Sep 1997) |
mucous membrane of tympanic cavity |
The mucous layer of the tympanic cavity and the structures in it.
Synonym: tunica mucosa cavitatis tympani, mucous membrane of tympanic cavity.
(05 Mar 2000) |
mucous membranes |
<pathology> A mucous membrane or tunica mucosa.
(18 Nov 1997) |
mucous neck cell |
One of the acidic mucin-secreting cell's in the neck of a gastric gland.
(05 Mar 2000) |
mucous papule |
A secondary syphilitic eruption of flat-topped papules, occurring in groups covered by a necrotic layer of epithelial detritus, and secreting a seropurulent fluid; they are found at the anus and wherever contiguous folds of skin produce heat and moisture.
Synonym: flat condyloma, moist papule, mucous papule.
(05 Mar 2000) |
mucous patch |
An oval to round, yellow-gray to white, membrane-covered lesion or lesions occurring on the mucous membranes; usually seen in secondary syphilis.
(05 Mar 2000) |
mucous plaque |
In dentistry, a mass of filamentous microorganisms and large variety of smaller forms attached to the surface of a tooth which, depending on bacterial activity and environmental factors, may give rise to caries, calculus, or inflammatory changes in adjacent tissue.
Synonym: dental plaque, mucous plaque, mucinous plaque.
(05 Mar 2000) |
mucous plug |
A mass of mucus and cells filling the cervical canal between periods or during pregnancy; a mass of mucous occluding a main or lobar bronchus.
(05 Mar 2000) |
mucous polyp |
An adenomatous polyp in which conspicuous amounts of mucin are formed, a polypoid cyst that contains mucus.
(05 Mar 2000) |
mucous rale |
A bubbling rale heard on auscultation over bronchial tubes containing mucus.
(05 Mar 2000) |
mucous sheath of tendon |
A sheath of synovial membrane enveloping certain of the tendons; it contains a small amount of synovial fluid.
Synonym: vagina synovialis tendinis, mucous sheath of tendon, theca tendinis, vagina mucosa tendinis, vaginal synovial membrane.
(05 Mar 2000) |
surface mucous cells of stomach |
Cell's lining the gastric surface and foveolae; a glycoprotein product at the apical end of each cell is secreted and forms a mucous protective film.
Synonym: theca cells of stomach.
(05 Mar 2000) |
adrenal cyst |
<radiology> Same characteristics as renal cysts, but less common, thick wall, septations, calcifications suggests pseudocyst
(12 Dec 1998) |
adventitious cyst |
1. An accumulation of fluid in a cystlike loculus, but without an epithelial or other membranous lining.
Synonym: adventitious cyst, false cyst.
2. A cyst whose wall is formed by a host cell and not by a parasite.
3. A mass of 50 or more Toxoplasma bradyzoites, found within a host cell, frequently in the brain; formerly called a pseudocyst, but now considered a true cyst enclosed in its own membrane within the host cell that may rupture to release particles that form new cysts, and apparently is infective to another vertebrate host.
See: bradyzoite.
Origin: pseudo-+ G. Kystis, bladder
(05 Mar 2000) |
allantoic cyst |
Cyst occurring in a persistent portion of the urachus, presenting as an extraperitoneal mass in the umbilical region. It is characterised by abdominal pain, and fever if infected. It may rupture, leading to peritonitis, or it may drain through the umbilicus.
(12 Dec 1998) |