Serosa vs Parietal - What's the difference?
serosa | parietal |
A membrane which lines an internal cavity to protect the contents and which secretes serum.
* {{quote-book, 1955, title=Bulletin de l'Organisation mondiale de la santé, author=
, passage=Like the serous membranes of dehydrated cholera victims in general, the serosae of the small intestines in particular are often covered by a sticky and slimy coat,}}
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Of or relating to the wall of a body part, organ or cavity.
Of or relating to the parietal bones
Of or relating to college living and, especially, its regulation.
* 1856 , B. H. Hall
Attached to the main wall of the ovary, and not to the axis; said of a placenta.
(skeleton) Either of the two parietal bones, on the top and side of the skull.
Any of the scales of a snake that are located on the head and connected to the frontals towards the posterior.
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As nouns the difference between serosa and parietal
is that serosa is a membrane which lines an internal cavity to protect the contents and which secretes serum while parietal is either of the two parietal bones, on the top and side of the skull.As an adjective parietal is
of or relating to the wall of a body part, organ or cavity.serosa
English
Noun
(serosae)Synonyms
* (membrane) serous membraneDerived terms
* (membrane) serosal, subserosaSee also
* (membrane) mucosa, amnion, adventitiaparietal
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Hydrochloric acid is secreted by the parietal cells of the gastric glands, located on the wall of the fundus of the stomach.
- At Harvard College, the officers resident within the college walls constitute a permanent standing committee, called the Parietal Committee.