serous membrane

serous membrane

n.

A thin membrane lining a closed body cavity and moistened with a serous fluid.

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serous membrane

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) any of the smooth moist delicate membranes, such as the pleura or peritoneum, that line the closed cavities of the body and secrete a watery exudate

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Noun

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serous membrane - a thin membrane lining the closed cavities of the body; has two layers with a space between that is filled with serous fluid serosa pleura - the thin serous membrane around the lungs and inner walls of the chest tissue layer, membrane - a pliable sheet of tissue that covers or lines or connects the organs or cells of animals or plants peritoneum - a transparent membrane that lines the abdominal cavity in mammals and covers most of the viscera endocardium - the membrane that lines the cavities of the heart and forms part of the heart valves pericardium - a serous membrane with two layers that surrounds the heart epicardium, visceral pericardium - the innermost of the two layers of the pericardium parietal pericardium - the tough outermost layer of the pericardium that is attached to the diaphragm and the sternum