They are usually inflicted on the lips, or the cheeks and thus the buccal mucosa of a sleeper may be soiled by the dejections of the insect and the bite serving as a port of entry of the virus, remain unnoticed.
It lacks an alimentary canal and is provided with a strongly spined protractile rostrum, by means of which it attaches to the intestinal mucosa of its host.
Diffuse glanderous infiltrations in the nose may implicate the entire mucosa of one or both nasal chambers, and the ulcers are liable to be greater than from the nodular form of the disease.
Soon the swellings on the mucosabecome eroded and are gradually destroyed, forming large unhealthy, chancrous-looking ulcers, tending to become confluent and to eat deeply through the mucosa into the subjacent tissues.
The large head, however, presents a special problem because of its tendency to act as a mushroom anchor when buried in swollen mucosa or in a fibrous stenosis (Fig.
The gastric mucosa is a darker pink than that of the esophagus and when actively secreting, its color in some cases tends toward crimson.
The pouching develops in the middle part of the posterior wall, between the orbicular and oblique fibers of the cricopharyngeus muscle, at which point there is a gap, leaving the mucosa supported only by a not very resistant fascia (Fig.
A better method is to use the lip of the bronchoscope to press back the swollen mucosa at one point, so that a hook may be introduced below the foreign body, which then can be worked up to a wider place where forceps may be applied (Fig.
Swelling of the bronchial mucosa from irritation plus infection completes the occlusion of the bronchus.
The great danger of pushing the foreign body downward so that the swollen mucosa hides it completely from view, must always be kept in mind.
The mucosa of the trachea and bronchi is moist and glistening, whitish in circular ridges corresponding to the cartilaginous rings, and reddish in the intervening grooves.
The distal end should be thickened, and also perforated at the sides, to prevent drawing-in of the mucosa and trauma thereto.
The pale, bluish pink color of the normal mucosais replaced by a deep-red velvety swollen appearance in which individual vessels are invisible.
But if the bronchoscopist swings the patient's head far to the opposite side and makes axis-traction, as shown at C, the head of the tack can be drawn through the swollen mucosa without anchoring itself in a cartilage.
The covering mucosa may be normal or it may show signs of chronic inflammation.
At C the edematous mucosa is being repressed by the lip of the tube mouth, permitting insinuation of the hook, H, past one side of the foreign body, which is then withdrawn to a convenient place for application of the forceps.
Angioneurotic edema manifests itself by a pale or red swollenmucosa producing stenosis of the lumen.
The thickening mentioned in the region of the two apertures seems to be mainly due to a wrinkling of the mucosa which, in other parts of the stomach, is nearly smooth, so far as can be seen with the naked eye.
The flow consists of blood from the uterine mucosa (lining of the womb) together with small quantities of mucus.
When the flow ceases the mucosa or lining assumes its former state.
The mucosa is frequently congested and swollen, and the solitary follicles and Peyer's patches enlarged.
In the later stages, erosion of the mucosa occurs, and the upper layers of submucosa become involved.
Congestion of the mucosa is frequent, at times associated with small superficial erosions; the latter gain added interest in view of their occurrence in guinea-pig scurvy.
Superficial erosions of the mucosa or even ulcers may be seen.
If the cartilage has not already been completely cut through at the first incision it is now divided in the same extent as the cut in the muco-perichondrium, great care being taken not to button-hole the mucosa of the concavity.
This brings away the mulberry hypertrophy in its grasp, and frequently a strip of mucosafrom the lower margin of the turbinal.
The division of the constrictors should be as close to their attachment as possible, and the final division of the pharyngeal mucosa should be half an inch beyond the limit of the growth.
Unless the whole mucosa is diseased, this hardly seems necessary, particularly if a free opening be made into the nose.
Many operations can be carried out by rendering the nasal mucosa absolutely insensitive with cocaine.
The latter is undoubtedly to be preferred in all cases of well established chronic purulent sinusitis with fungating mucosa and involvement of the ethmoidal cells.
The polypoid mucosaoccupying the sinus and the fronto-ethmoidal cells along the passage to the nose are carefully plucked away.
Superiorly, the thyreo-hyoid membrane is completely divided on the same side, and the mucosa is cut through above the upper limit of the growth.
The incision, in its whole extent, divides the mucous membrane and cartilage at one cut, but without puncturing or wounding the mucosa of the opposite (concave) side.
The same instrument has sometimes been responsible for fracturing the posterior margin of the septum, injuring the Eustachian cushion, and tearing off strips of mucosa from the pharynx.
There were numerous small hemorrhages of the mucosanear the great curvature.
The pupils reacted poorly to light, and the cornea and nasal mucosa seemed anesthetic.
The left side of the face was now swollen so that he could not open the eye nor could he chew from swollen mucosa folded between the jaws.
Absence of pupillary reflex to light and pupillary dilatation, insensibility of nasal mucosa and modifications of pulse persistent after the attack is over cannot be imitated.
There was no reaction on the part of the pharyngeal mucosa upon stimulation.
The laryngeal mucosa could be touched with a probe without producing the slightest pain or coughing reflex.
The corneal reflexes were absent, and the nasal mucosa was anesthetic.
The turgescence may involve the whole extent of the mucosa of the inferior turbinated bodies, including their posterior ends.
Syphilitic ulcers are usually single, deep, and crateriform; the base is covered with a dirty white secretion, and the surrounding mucosa presents an angry red appearance.
Autopsy: Liver was congested and contained several coccidiosis nodules; stomach distended with rather dry food mass; mucosa exhibited mild catarrhal inflammation; mucosa of intestines also slightly inflamed.
Similar lesions were found in a horse killed by 100 grams of caffein, in which he also noticed hemorrhage of the mucosa in the fundus of the stomach.
Autopsy: The mucosa of stomach showed numerous hemorrhagic spots; the first portion of the small intestines was slightly congested; the other organs were apparently normal in appearance.
Inflammation of the intestinal mucosa and congestion of the meninges were the only changes found on autopsy.
Autopsy: Lungs congested and adhering to the pleura; extensive inflammation of pleura; liver slightly enlarged and congested; mucosa of stomach and small intestines slightly congested; other organs normal.
The upper surface of the mucosa is then scraped with a knife until at least half of the membrane is removed.
The embryos and larvæ of species of Cylicostomum are found in the mucosa of the large intestine.
After death the carcass is found to be very much emaciated and anemic, the visible mucosa being very pale.
Patches bare of villi correspond with smooth areas on the surface of the uterine mucosa in which numerous utricular glands open.
The action of croton oil is to render themucosa very soft and friable.
They may cover patches of the mucosa or the whole mucosa from the ileo-caecal valve to the rectum.
A diffuse fibro-purulent infiltration of the lymph-spaces of the mucosa is regarded as the first step in the pathological process.
The inner surface of themucosa is rendered additionally uneven by the elevations or protuberances caused by the {799} proliferations in the submucous connective tissue.
If there be a superadded or {792} pre-existent catarrhal condition of the mucosa or a defective peristalsis of the muscular coat, which is sluggish enough at best, the development of a pathological state is much facilitated.
The serious difficulties of menstruation are due to definite pathological conditions such as displacements of the uterus, affections of the uterine mucosa and of the ovaries.
Its most frequent cause is undoubtedly subinvolution of the uterus after pregnancy, or an overgrowth of the uterine mucosa because of some pathological condition--usually an infection.
The terminal segment of the pouch is reduced to an appendix, with smooth mucosacontaining adenoid tissue, as in the rabbit.
They are not found in this complete development in any other mammals, although a very few forms present a transverse reduplication of the intestinal mucosa and the circular layer of muscular fibers.
The mucosa of the terminal ileum presents very commonly one or two large oval areas of agminated follicles near the ileo-colic junction.
This reduction in the fold-formation of the intestinal mucosa toward the terminal portion of the midgut is seen even in the lower vertebrates.
Beyond the ileo-colic valve plate, in the short endgut, the mucosa again presents numerous pointed reduplications.
In some fishes the midgut is differentiated from the hindgut by an external circular constriction, corresponding to an annular projecting fold of the mucosa in the interior which resembles the pyloro-duodenal valve.
The conjunctival, nasal, and aural mucosa were all involved.
Afterward the right half of the face became red for three or four weeks, with a disturbance of the sensibility of this part, including the right half of the mucosa of the mouth and the conjunctive of the right eye.
For a time there was enthusiastic cutting of septal spurs and burning of redundantmucosa and cauterizing of sensitive areas.
The mucosa with the epithelial cells is then removed or separated from the muscular wall by scraping with a blunt knife or in any other suitable way.
Abundant clinical testimony can be cited in support of the opinions of Moore, Edie and Abram, Hallion, Marfan and Draper as to the value of extracts of the intestinal mucosa given by mouth in pathological conditions.
The acid and soap in the duodenum produce secretion; there is no necessary correspondence between the action of a substance in the intestine and that obtained by injection after boiling mucosa with it.
It can be prepared artificially by macerating duodenojejunal mucosa in 0.
Starling therefore holds that secretin exists in the intestinal mucosa in an inactive form, as “prosecretin.
Interaction of the acid with the duodenal mucosa liberates into the blood stream a substance which, circulating through the pancreas, excites the latter to activity.
It is said that secretin can be obtained by merely boiling the mucosa with water, but the results are inconstant.
All of the more dissociated acids liberate secretin from intestinal mucosa on boiling.
It is sold under the claim that when swallowed it has a “predilection” both for the bronchial mucosa and also for the genito-urinary organs.
On the other hand, ether, chloral and oil of mustard excite secretion when in the intestine, but no secretin can be prepared from boiled mucosa by their action.
That active secretin may be extracted from macerated intestinal mucosa by weak acids below the temperature of boiling is well known.
The agent may be absorbed by any part of the respiratory tract from the mucosa of the nose and mouth to the alveoli of the lungs.
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