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mu·co·sal

(myū-kō'săl),
Relating to the mucosa or mucous membrane.
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mu·co·sal

(myū-kō'săl)
Relating to the mucosa or mucous membrane.
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Mucosal

Refers to tissues that produce mucus, such as the digestive, genital and urinary tracts.
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Q. what is fragments of endocervical glandular mucosa with inflammation and squamous metaplasia fragments of endocervical glandular mucosa

A. It means that part of the mucose on the cervix area has changes from a certain kind of mucose cells to another, and that there is a bit of an inflammation around it. This should be brought to the knowledge of a gynecologist and be monitored by him/her.

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Corpus and antral mucosal gland biopsies were compared between the groups, and the staining intensity score was found to be significantly higher in IBS-C than in the control group (p=0.020), but no significant difference was determined between IBS-D and IBS-C or the control group (p=0.429 and p=0.193, respectively).
Relationship between irritable bowel syndrome and plasma and tissue ghrelin levels
On histopathology, chronic gastritis is characterized by proliferation, increased tortuosity and mucoid metaplasia of the pyloric mucosal glands, fibrosis around the glands, hyperplasia of mucosal lining cells, and infiltration of heterophils and lymphocytes in the lamina propria [3].
Gastric Intussusceptions in a Red Corn Snake (Pantherophis guttatus) Associated with Cryptosporidiosis
The histochemical studies revealed that the mucosal glands within the LGCs contained mucosubstances, glycogen, mucopolysaccharides, and mucin.
Lymphoglandular Complexes in Proximal Colon of Buffalo Calves (Bubalus bubalis)/ Complejos Linfoglandulares en Colon Proximal de Terneros de Buffalo (Bubalus bubalis)
Findings were consistent with a mucocele of the esophageal mucosal gland. Excision was considered curative based on follow-up 6 months after initial presentation.
Mucocele in a spectacled owl (Pusilatrix perspicillata)
This is due to the presence of mucosal glands, not widening of the lumen.
Chapter 5: Functional anatomy of reproductive systems: genital organs
Our very close second line of defense is our mucosal glands which produce mucous that can stay inside our bodies (like in our digestive tract) or venture outside (like in our nose).
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A few nasal mucosal glands were trapped within the tumor tissue; chronic inflammatory cells cuffed around them and around the vessels.
Nasal glioma (neuroglial heterotopia) mimicking an astrocytoma: case report
Stevens & Lowe (1992) observed that the lamina propria in human contain mucus and seromucus glands with ducts open onto the epithelial surface but we did not showed these mucosal glands in the examined red foxes.
Histology and Scanning Electron Microscopy of the Lower Respiratory Tract in the Adult Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes)/ Histologia y Microscopia Electronica de Barrido de las Vias Respiratorias Inferiores en el Zorro Rojo Adulto (Vulpes vulpes)
The latter is a histologically benign soft tissue tumor, associated with a high risk of local recurrence as well as with local infiltration that often results in entrapment of nerves and mucosal glands, thus making complete excision difficult.
Angiomyofibroblastoma of vulva: a case report
Cell types infected were superficial epithelial cells of the bursa and epithelial cells of the intestinal villi and, less commonly, mucosal glands. By histology, there was no evidence of lesions associated with LPAI virus infection.
J Wildl Dis.: Replication of low pathogenic avian influenz virus in naturally infected mallard ducks (Anas platyrhynchos) causes no morphologic lesions
* the greater superficial petrosal nerve, which supplies taste fibers to the palatal mucosa, preganglionic parasympathetic axons to the pterygopalatine ganglion, and postganglionic axons to the lacrimal glands, nasal glands, and palatine mucosal glands; it also communicates with the lesser petrosal nerve (2)
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Spindle-shaped cells are occasionally concentrically arranged (onion skinning) around vessels and mucosal glands; this is better demonstrated in the stomach than in other sites.
Pseudoneoplasms of the gastrointestinal tract

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