SEROUS MEMBRANE

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Meaning:

A thin membrane lining the closed cavities of the body; has two layers with a space between that is filled with serous fluid

Synonyms:

serosa; serous membrane

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("serous membrane" is a kind of...):

membrane; tissue layer (a pliable sheet of tissue that covers or lines or connects the organs or cells of animals or plants)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "serous membrane"):

pleura (the thin serous membrane around the lungs and inner walls of the chest)

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)