Sentence examples for serous from inspiring English sources

As he sees it, state subsidies put unsubsidized competitors at a more serous disadvantage than almost any administrative trade barrier.

If the exudate formed in response to an injury is of a serous nature that is, resembling blood plasma the process is called serous inflammation.

The portion of membrane lining the fibrous pericardium is known as the parietal serous layer (parietal pericardium), that covering the heart as the visceral serous layer (visceral pericardium or epicardium).

The two layers of serous membrane are normally separated only by 10 to 15 millilitres (0.6 to 0.9 cubic inch) of pericardial fluid, which is secreted by the serous membranes.

The secreting cells may be of the serous or the mucous type.

It is found in blood, in lymph, in body cavities lined with serous (moisture-exuding) membrane, in the cavities and channels of the brain and spinal cord, and in muscular and other body tissues.

The secreting cells of the parotid glands are of the serous type; those of the submandibular glands, of both serous and mucous types, with the serous cells outnumbering the mucous cells by four to one.

It contains organs of digestion and the spleen, which are surrounded by a serous membrane, the peritoneum.

The space between the visceral and parietal peritoneum, the peritoneal cavity, normally contains a small amount of serous fluid that permits free movement of the viscera, particularly of the gastrointestinal tract, inside the peritoneal cavity.

Smooth, serous (moisture-exuding) membrane lines the fibrous pericardium, then bends back and covers the heart.

The jejunum forms the upper two-fifths of the rest of the small intestine; it, like the ileum, has numerous convolutions and is attached to the posterior abdominal wall by the mesentery, an extensive fold of serous-secreting membrane.