Serous
11serous cavity — n a cavity (as the peritoneal cavity, pleural cavity, or pericardial cavity) that is lined with a serous membrane * * * a coelomic cavity that does not communicate with the outside of the body and whose lining membrane secretes a serous fluid,… …
12serous membrane — n any of various thin membranes (as the peritoneum, pericardium, or pleurae) that consist of a single layer of thin flat mesothelial cells resting on a connective tissue stroma, secrete a serous fluid, and usu. line bodily cavities or enclose the …
13serous cell — n a cell (as of the parotid gland) that secretes a serous fluid * * * a cell concerned in the secretion of a watery fluid rich in protein, like the secretory cells of the parotid gland; called also albuminous c …
14serous gland — n a gland secreting a serous fluid * * * a gland that secretes a watery albuminous material, commonly but not always containing enzymes …
15serous otitis media — n a form of otitis media that is characterized by the accumulation of serous exudate in the middle ear and that typically results from an unresolved attack of acute otitis media called also secretory otitis media …
16serous fluid — n. any of several serumlike fluids in the body cavities, esp. in those lined with serous membrane …
17serous membrane — n. the thin membrane lining most of the closed cavities of the body and folded back over the enclosed organs, as the peritoneum or pericardium …
18Serous membrane — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = tunica serosa GraySubject = GrayPage = Caption = Layers of the enteric nervous system. (Serosa at top, in red.) Caption2 = Stomach. (Serosa is labeled at far right, and is colored yellow.) Precursor =… …
19Serous fluid — In physiology, the term serous fluid is used for various bodily fluids that are typically pale yellow and transparent, and of a benign nature.Saliva consists of mucus and serous fluid; the serous fluid contains the enzyme amylase important for… …
20Serous glands — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = glandula serosa GraySubject = GrayPage = Caption = Vertical section of papilla foliata of the rabbit, passing across the folia. (Serous gland labeled at bottom right.) Caption2 = Precursor = System = Artery …
