Mucous Membrane

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
MM
Pronunciation
/mˈjukəs ˈmɛmˌbreɪn/
Category
Medical
Related Field
Physiology

Examples in Context

  1. An infected mucous membrane, especially of the tongue, nose and larynx, commonly becomes ulcerated.
  2. What protective screen of gastric mucous membrane includes gastric antrum appearance is mucous with mucous membrane epithelial.
  3. The results showed that the typical anatomopathological change was intestinal mucous membrane shedding, bleeding and catarrhal inflammation.
  4. Because the tonsils contain deep folds of mucous membrane, the inflammation is greatest in these structures.
  5. Chronic or acute inflammation of the stomach, especially of the mucous membrane of the stomach.

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