Sentence examples for protective membrane from inspiring English sources

The screen acts as a kind of protective membrane, a scrim that allows invisibility and transformation.

PB1-F2 appears to weaken the protective membrane of the energy-producing mitochondria in an infected cell, ultimately killing the cell.

The lusty talk is in place, the harmony vocals settle over the proceedings like a protective membrane, and there are no attempts to pull off things that Van Halen can't pull off.

The talented Jeffrey Carlson plays the unhumbled Richard of the first part of the play with a suggestive hesitancy, curling himself into his throne as if it were a womb, a protective membrane separating him from all harm.

Instead – and with the exception of the nicely upfront bowling coach David Saker – there seems to be some kind of invisible protective membrane at managerial level, an ingrained slipperiness.

One group of leeches, however, does not form a cocoon; instead, the egg, surrounded by a protective membrane, is attached to the underside of the parent.

Brain cells, like those in other organs, are covered by protective membranes that contain fats and proteins.

■ Meningitis is caused by the inflammation of the protective membranes covering the brain and spinal cord, which are known as the meninges.

About half a billion years ago, land vertebrates began to encase themselves in skin and their embryos in protective membranes, sealing off the microbes inside them and fostering ever more intimate relations with them.

The egg is surrounded by protective membranes, which may be soft and jellylike or hard and calcified, like shells.

Both are surrounded by protective membranes called the meninges, and both float in a crystal-clear cerebrospinal fluid.