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se·ro·sa

 (sĭ-rō′sə, -zə)
n. pl. se·ro·sas or se·ro·sae (-sē, -zē)
1. A serous membrane, especially one that lines the pericardial, pleural, and peritoneal cavities, enclosing their contents.
2. A membrane that surrounds the embryo of birds, reptiles, and many insects.

[New Latin serōsa, feminine of serōsus, serous, from Latin serum, serum.]

se·ro′sal (-zəl) adj.
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serosa

(sɪˈrəʊsə)
n
1. (Anatomy) another name for serous membrane
2. (Zoology) one of the thin membranes surrounding the embryo in an insect's egg
[C19: from New Latin, from serōsus relating to serum]
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se•ro•sa

(sɪˈroʊ sə, -zə)

n., pl. -sas, -sae (-sē, -zē).
1. the chorion, esp. of birds and reptiles.
[1885–90; < New Latin serōsa, feminine of serōsus < Latin ser(um)]
se•ro′sal, adj.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.serosa - a thin membrane lining the closed cavities of the body; has two layers with a space between that is filled with serous fluid
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
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Esta tecnica e utilizada com o intuito de evitar os movimentos caudais do colon e do reto, criando aderencias permanentes entre as superficies serosas do colon descendente e a parede abdominal (HEDLUND & FOSSUM, 2007).
Los parametros nucleares de las celulas de los acinos, medialunas serosas y conductos estriados de las glandulas sublinguales fueron estimados para cada grupo (Sala et al.
Outras lesoes macroscopicas frequentemente encontradas sao: ressecamento do conteudo do omaso, colon e do reto, sendo as fezes envolvidas por muco e estrias de sangue e hemorragias em diversos orgaos, incluindo tecido subcutaneo, endocardio, epicardio e outras superficies serosas. Histologicamente, a lesao hepatica se caracteriza por necrose de coagulacao dos hepatocitos nas regioes centrolobular e intermediaria associada a intensa congestao e a degeneracao vacuolar dos hepatocitos na periferia da necrose (GAVA et al., 1996).
La parotida es histologicamente una glandula serosa. La glandula submandibular posee dos lobulos.