单词 | basement membrane |
释义 | > as lemmasbasement membrane basement membrane n. Anatomy a layer of fibrillar material and glycoprotein situated between a layer of cells and the underlying connective tissue and having a supporting (and sometimes also filtering) function. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily substance > membrane > [noun] > basement basement membrane1842 1842 W. Bowman in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 132 58 These tubes [sc. nephrons] consist of an external tunic of transparent homogeneous tissue (which I have termed the basement membrane), lined by epithelium. 1888 G. Rolleston & W. H. Jackson Forms Animal Life (ed. 2) 168 A basement membrane..separates the retinulae from the optic ganglion. 1968 New Eng. Jrnl. Med. 11 Jan. 86 (caption) Virus may leak through endothelium and basement membrane into glial cells. 2009 N.Y. Times Mag. 22 Feb. 42/2 Other diseases of the basement membrane of the kidney, like Alport syndrome, have a completely different appearance. < as lemmas |
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