Sentences with phrase «fibrous covering»

Lipomas are deposits of fatty tissue under the skin that are separated from surrounding body fat by a fibrous covering.

Episcleritis is an inflammation of the episclera, which is the thin outer layer of tissue that covers the sclera (fibrous covering of the eyeball.)

Whole grains retain their outer fibrous covering, called bran, which is a rich source of dietary fiber.

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So your body in its innate wisdom has covered that up with the fibrous connective tissue but that fibrous connective tissue is flexible and moldable and it makes all of these things that we've talked about possible.

Bloodstains on the bones at the Smeerenburg excavations show that the group that perished suffered bleeding in the joints, and between the bones and the fibrous membrane covering them.

At one point in a particular artery, the plaque has a core of dying inflammatory cells, covered by a fibrous cap.

Fascia — Fibrous connective tissue that covers, supports and separates ~ l muscles and muscle groups.

In reality, atherosclerotic plaques are made primarily of fibrous tissue (68 %) used by the body to cover lesions in the artery wall caused by chronic inflammation.

Chitin is a hard fibrous material found in insect coverings and yeast coverings.

As the process continues, the body covers the wound with a tough, fibrous cap to create an arterial plaque.

In hyperkeratosis, keratin - the tough, fibrous outer covering of foot pads - grows excessively.

A fibrous capsule often covers benign tumors and relatively few of the tumor cells are actively growing.

The outer covering (fibrous ring) is much like a thick shell.

The scratching post is covered in a fibrous woven sisal that won't snag your cats nails, like some carpet - covered scratch posts do.

This device traps platelets from the bloodstream and eventually forms a clot that will seal the hole and will eventually be covered with fibrous tissue.

Fibrosarcoma — Fibrosarcomas are cancerous tumors that originate in the fibrous, connective tissues of your cat or dog's bones, usually the periosteum covering of the long bones.