mucous connective tissue

Save This Word!

A gelatinous type of connective tissue characteristically supporting the blood vessels of the umbilical cord.

QUIZZES

Did you ever collect all those state quarters? Put them to good use on this quiz about curious state monikers and the facts around them.

Question 1 of 8

Mississippi’s nickname comes from the magnificent trees that grow there. What is it?

Creating PGCs from skin tissue, on the other hand, seems like a walk in the park compared to egg freezing.
Men Will Someday Have Kids Without Women|Samantha Allen|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
She dabbed them with a tissue and continued without ceremony.
Embedding With the Women Who Are Kicking ISIS Ass|Susannah George|December 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Among them were some horrifying images of severe damage to nasal tissue caused by a child lodging a button battery in her nose.
Kids Eat the Darndest Things: Laundry Pods, Teething Necklaces, and More Of The Weirdest Stuff Sending Kids to the E.R.|Russell Saunders|November 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They can corrode through whatever human tissue they contact if swallowed or stuck into an orifice, sometimes in a matter of hours.
Kids Eat the Darndest Things: Laundry Pods, Teething Necklaces, and More Of The Weirdest Stuff Sending Kids to the E.R.|Russell Saunders|November 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Must both ovarian and testicular tissue be present for a person to be “counted”?
Intersexuality and God Through the Ages|Candida Moss|November 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A small book, bound in full purple calf, lay half hidden in a nest of fine tissue paper on the dressing-table.
Hilda Lessways|Arnold Bennett
Even slight familiarity with the microscopic structure of vegetable tissue will prevent the chagrin of such errors.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Small fragments of mucous membrane may be found, and when examined by a pathologist, may occasionally establish the diagnosis.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
The damage which they do to the mucous membrane favors bacterial invasion.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
It lives in the large intestine, especially the cecum, with its slender extremity embedded in the mucous membrane.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd