On the summit of the node the mucous membrane appeared very red, budded, and almost warty.
This intimate relation of nerve and muscle and mucous membrane is best illustrated by the sneeze.
But in the other condition this result is attained without the mental impulse, as we have the mucous membrane and the blood-vessels carried to a temporary climax of effectiveness due to the systemic disturbance.
The mucous membrane is the telltale of conditions.
It is the membrane which in this special sense covers or lines the respiratory tract from the very outlet of the nose to the terminal bronchi; in fact, to the very air-cells of the lungs themselves.
The larynx is swathed and lined with membrane and muscle.
The result was a diminution of secretion of the mucous membrane and a return to normal conditions.
Then, as is well known, it is the mental impulse that stimulates nerve, muscle andmembrane to do their best work.
By a strange coincidence, this membrane of the larynx is supplied with sensation by the same nerve that conveys motion to one of its tensor muscles.
The mucous membraneof the vocal cords obeys natural laws in restoration.
The tunica arachnoidea was generally opake and very much thickened: the pia mater was loaded with blood, and the veins of that membrane were particularly enlarged.
About three ounces of water were contained in the lateral ventricles: the veins of the membrane lining these cavities were remarkably large and turgid with blood.
There was a large quantity of water between the dura mater and tunica arachnoidea; this latter membrane was much thickened, and was of a milky white appearance.
The arachnoid membrane was, in many parts, without its natural transparency: the pia mater was generally suffused with blood, and its vessels were enlarged: the consistence of the brain was firm.
There was a large quantity of water between the dura mater and tunica arachnoidea, and also between this latter membrane and the pia mater.
I examined my patients twice a week, and the closest rhinoscopical exploration would not reveal the slightest pathological change in the mucous membrane of the nares.
If you draw in breath by the nose and send it out by the mouth you will hear the sound made by the division that is the membrane in [Footnote 5: The text here breaks off.
An old drum with a very loose membranewas found in the lumber room of the keep, and this the bosun appropriated, though being quite destitute of a sense of rhythm he made but an indifferent performer.
Skilfully he cut through the membrane and drew it down, then held his hat between her eyes and the light streaming through the window.
The vegetable cell, on the contrary, is surrounded by a membrane of cellulose, which condemns it to immobility.
To do this easily, boil the chestnuts with the skin, whereupon the outer brown shell and the inner membrane are easily removed.
From omentum--caul, the membrane enclosing the bowels.
Moreover, since pepsin is able to act only when an acid is present, the gastric mucous membrane also secretes hydrochloric acid.
Although not the rule, it is by no means unusual for the membrane to rupture at the onset of labor, or at least before the mouth of the womb is fully dilated.
They alone are attacked by pepsin, a ferment secreted by the mucous membraneof the stomach.
But even in the absence of a drum-membrane an adult can hear; the vibrations in such cases are transmitted through the bones of the skull, and this very likely also occurs in newly born infants.
Anticipating these duties the mucous membrane receives a more abundant supply of blood; it also increases in thickness and all the structures which enter into its composition become more active.
The mucousmembrane which lines the cavity of the uterus responds to the stimulus of pregnancy in a characteristic manner and with a single purpose, namely, to promote the development of the ovum.
These projections, the so-called Villi, push their way into the mucous membrane of the uterus and serve a two-fold purpose.
Consequently that part of the membrane which covers it is pushed into the uterine cavity, as the ground is raised by a sprouting seed.
The innermost of the two membranes which envelop the embryo; the liningmembrane of the closed sac familiarly called "the bag of waters.
Since bleeding ceases after that point is reached, we have no difficulty in knowing when the mucous membrane has been restored.
For the latter kind of transmission it is necessary that the pressure on both sides of the drum-membrane should be equal, and this is arranged by the admission of air to the middle ear through a passage from the throat.
When we take these things into the stomach, they cause the stomach to smart, and its lining membrane becomes red just as the skin or the eye does.
In the membrane lining the intestines are to be found little glands, which make a fluid called intestinal juice.
In the membrane which lines the stomach there are many little pocket-like glands, in which a fluid called the gastric juice is formed.
When men take strong liquors into their stomachs, the delicate membrane lining the stomach becomes red in the same way.
The white of the eye is a tough, firm membrane which encloses the eyeball and keeps it in a round shape.
This is called the drum of the ear, because between it and the canal of the ear there is stretched a thin membrane like the head of a drum.
It shews the remnant of the vitelline membrane (v.
Longitudinal vertical section through the eye of an embryo, about a week after hatching, shewing the vascular membrane surrounding the vitreous humour.
Diagram shewing the arrangement of the vessels in the vascular membrane of the vitreous humour of adult eye.
Vascular sheath between the hyaloid membraneand the vitreous humour.
The outer coat is the serous membrane which lines the abdomen,--the peritoneum (note, p.
They connect the tympanic membrane with the labyrinth, and serve to convey the vibrations communicated to the membrane across the cavity of the tympanum to the internal ear.
In this membrane are some 150 glands about the size of an almond, called mesenteric glands.
Now the vibrations of the tympanic membrane are passed along the chain of bones attached to its inner surface and reach the stirrup bone.
Hence, when the lining membrane of the eye is red and swollen, as during a cold, the nasal passages are also irritated, and when the nasal membrane is inflamed, the irritation is apt to pass upwards and affect the eyelids.
The membraneshould be occasionally moistened with water.
A membrane covering the lung, and lining the chest.
A thin layer of mucous membrane which lines the eyelids and covers the front of the eyeball, thus joining the latter to the lids.
The pulmonarymembrane is congested, taking cold becomes easy, and recovery from it tedious.
Milk or odor of carbolic acid, flour and water; white of mucousmembrane in eggs.
The mucous membrane which lines the various cartilages of the larynx is thrown into several folds.
This tube is about one and a half inches long and lined with mucous membrane similar to that of the tympanic chamber and the throat.
If the irritation be not repeated, the lining membrane soon recovers its natural appearance.
As the skin is an outside covering, so is the mucous membrane a more delicate inside lining for all cavities into which the apertures open, as the alimentary canal and the lungs.
It is also true that two liquids will mingle when separated from each other by a membrane (sec.
DECID'UA, a membrane of the uterus discharged after parturition.
It is a disease of the mucous membrane of the colon or great intestine.
Euro The white separating membrane of the orange is rather indigestible, so in many cases it is better to use the juice or pulp only.
GRAPE FRUIT Cut in halves crosswise, remove seeds with sharp pointed knife, and separate the pulp from the bitter membrane between the sections.
This is a beautiful provision for the defence of the air passages, and the irritable membrane lining the olfactory cavities, against the fine particles of sand which the storms of the Desert raise in almost suffocating clouds.
The small round head is furnished with a bill nearly seven inches long, which is higher than it is wide, light and hollow, having a membrane at the base, and suddenly curving downwards from the middle.
In fact, the sole of each foot is garnished with a thick fleece, which permits the Arctic bear to walk on the ice as on a carpet, and the toes are connected by a membrane which renders them eminently fit for natatory purposes.
This Membrane is not only found under the Skin, but further plying and insinuating itself in various Manners, it is extended throughout the whole Body.
In this cellular Membrane the extravasated Waters of hydropic Patients are commonly diffused; and here they give Way to that Motion, to which their own Weight disposes them.
These Cavities communicate with the Nose, in such a Manner, that when one Part of this Membraneis affected with an Inflammation, it is easily communicated to the other Parts.
The second Cause is the Inflammation of the Nerve within the Substance, or of the Membrane on the Outside, of the Tooth.
On an Inflammation of the Nerves of the Teeth, or of the Membrane which invests and covers them; and which affects the Membrane of the Gums.
Its song is the noisiest song in the insect world, and is made in a curious way, by the stretching and relaxing of a corrugated drum-like membrane in the side of the abdomen by means of specially strong muscles.
In the photograph it lies to the left, a dark kidney-shaped opening with the ear drum membrane at an angle just inside its rim.
If the idioplasm of the fertilizing cell were to pass through the membrane about the ovum by osmosis, its organized structure would be lost.
On account of this cell membrane being insensible to stimuli, adaptations in the plant kingdom were restricted essentially to the spheres of nutrition and reproduction.
This membrane is the distinguishing mark of a bird's eye.
The moment after, the eye itself confirmed this--the nictitating membrane was rapidly drawn over it, and as rapidly removed.
The act of inclosing in a capsule; the growth of a membrane around (any part) so as to inclose it in a capsule.
The portion of each apodeme developed from the interepimeral membranein certain crustaceans.
The part of each apodeme derived from the intersternal membranein Crustacea and insects.
The membrane lining the inner surface of the uterus, or womb.
A dividing membraneor thin partition, commonly with an opening through it.
The outer membrane of the grains of pollen of flowering plants.
The "sac" is composed of the peritoneum or membranelining the abdominal cavity; in some rare cases the sac is wanting.
The membrane or plant is useful for restarting the action, but it must not be allowed to remain for any length of time out of the liquor, or be exposed to a low temperature, or it will be injured.
The head being the part most threatened, because of the mucus membrane of the throat and eyes, it would be sufficient, as a rule, to protect the head, in order to keep off the Flies and to thwart their attempts.
She needs the delicate membraneof the nostrils, eyes or throat, or else some wound in which the flesh is laid bare.
The eggs are dabbed in a continuous layer, at the entrance to the throat, at the root of the tongue, on the membrane of the palate.
Contact with fresh water will usually cause themembrane to yield, and then the colouring-matter is exuded with a slight crackling noise.
A pretty little seaweed, Griffithsia selacea, has the property of staining paper a fine pinkish-scarlet hue when its membrane bursts.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "membrane" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
