Serous
21Serous pericardium — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = pericardium serosum GraySubject = GrayPage = Caption = A transverse section of the thorax, showing the contents of the middle and the posterior mediastinum. The pleural and pericardial cavities are… …
22Serous membranes — Membrane Mem brane, n. [F., fr. L. membrana the skin that covers the separate members of the body, fr. L. membrum. See {Member}.] (Anat.) A thin layer or fold of tissue, usually supported by a fibrous network, serving to cover or line some part… …
23serous fluid — any of various clear, watery fluids in the body. * * * serous fluid, any one of various animal liquids resembling blood serum, such as the fluids of the serous membranes …
24serous membrane — noun Date: 1813 a thin membrane (as the peritoneum) with cells that secrete a serous fluid; especially serosa …
25serous membrane — Anat., Zool. any of various thin membranes, as the peritoneum, that line certain cavities of the body and exude a serous fluid. Also called serosa. [1865 70] * * * …
26serous membrane — noun A thin membrane that secretes serum lining an internal body cavity, such as the peritoneum, the pericardium, and the pleura. Syn: serosa, serous tunic …
27serous atrophy — atrophy with the effusion of a serous fluid into the wasted tissues; wasting of fat …
28serous cystadenocarcinoma — cystadenocarcinoma in which epithelium lined cystic neoplasms are filled with serous fluid, usually found in the ovaries, sometimes with papillary projections from, or masses or thickenings of, the cavity walls …
29serous cystadenoma — a cystic tumor of the ovary, containing thin, clear, yellow serous fluid and varying amounts of solid tissue, with a malignant potential several times greater than that of mucinous cystadenoma …
30serous fluid — normal lymph of a serous cavity …
