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a thin layer of tissue, which covers, surrounds, lines or separates parts of the body.
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In cells, the "plasma" or "cell" membrane is a sheetlike structure that surrounds cells, contains their inner contents, and regulates the movement of materials in and out of the cell. At the tissue level, membranes (tissues usually composed of cells) also serve to surround and regulate material transport, but do so at a larger level.
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| membranaceous |
Thin and flexible, like a membrane.
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(cell membrane; phospholipid bilayer) A planar structure surrounding cells and organelles within eukaryotic cells (eg membranes of cell nucleus of mitochondrion) separating aqueous compartments which carry out different metabolic processes. Cell membranes are electrical insulators but permeable to hydrophobic molecules such as steroidal hormones and small gases (carbon dioxide, molecular oxygen, nitric oxide). ...
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| membranous |
Thin and flexible, like a membrane.
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