superficial layer

collocation in English

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superficial
adjective
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/ˌsuː.pəˈfɪʃ.əl/us
/ˌsuː.pɚˈfɪʃ.əl/
disapproving
(of a person) never thinking about things that are serious ...
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layer
noun[C]
uk
/ˈleɪ.ər/us
/ˈleɪ.ɚ/
a level of material, such as a type of rock or gas, that is different from the material above or below it, or a thin sheet of ...
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The second loop shows non-specific nuclei (green) projecting to the mostsuperficiallayerof the cortex and giving collaterals to the reticular nucleus.
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Thesuperficiallayertraverses 3 4 vertebrae, the intermediate layer covers 2 3 and the deep layer is only between individual vertebrae.
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Only the mostsuperficiallayeris made up of cuboidal cells, and the other layers can be cells of other types.
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The first layer is thesuperficiallayerwhere couples make small talk.
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The cell walls are composed of cellulose, though there may be also asuperficiallayerof a more gelatinous material of unknown composition.
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Thesuperficiallayeris still hypocellular, followed by an intermediate more hypercellular layer, and a deeper hypercellular layer, just above the vocalis muscle.
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The cover is composed of the epithelium (mucosa), basal lamina (or basement membrane zone), and thesuperficiallayerof the lamina propria.
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Larvae are the greatest threat to crops, as they eat thesuperficiallayerof leaves, hindering the leaves' photosynthetic potential.
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Of the posterior muscles three are in thesuperficiallayer.
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Since the basal lamina secures the epithelium to thesuperficiallayerof the lamina propria with anchoring fibers, this is a common site for injury.
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Thesuperficiallayerof the lamina propria loses density as it becomes more edematous.
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It is specifically found in the periderm, the transientlysuperficiallayerthat envelops the developing epidermis.
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The papillary layer is the moresuperficiallayerof the lamina propria.
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Postmitotic cells settle in an inside-out temporospatial gradient such that later "born" cells settle in more superficial layers.
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Due to weathering and fracturing, the superficial layers of the compacta have flaked off.
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Properties of horizontal and vertical inputs to pyramidal cells in the superficial layers of the cat visual cortex.
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A thinsuperficiallayer1-2 micrometres thick overlying a densely packed layer that penetrated into the dentinal tubules for distances of up to 40 micrometres.
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Direction-selective cells are found primarily in the superficial layers whereas hypercomplex cells are found primarily in the inferior layers.
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While similar to its neighbouring adductors, it is formed by separation from thesuperficiallayerof the obturator externus, and is thus not ontogentically related to the adductors.
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