basement membrane

collocation in English

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basement
noun[C]
uk
/ˈbeɪs.mənt/us
/ˈbeɪs.mənt/
a part of a building consisting of rooms that are partly or completely below the level of ...
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membrane
noun[C or U]
us
//uk
/ˈmem.breɪn/
anatomy
a thin piece of skin that covers or connects parts of a person's or ...
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Thebasementmembraneis a zone of 0.1 mm thickness that connects the epidermis to the dermis.
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Structurally, the skin consists of epidermis, dermis andbasementmembranezone.
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Only a few theca cells were still attached to thebasementmembrane.
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In nematodes, collagen is involved in the formation of 2 distinct but essential structures, thebasementmembraneand the cuticle.
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There are two nidogens expressed in thebasementmembraneof the skin and most other organs: nidogen-1 and nidogen-2.
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Thebasementmembraneof the intima has supportive and barrier functions, and the matrices of the media and adventitia provide elasticity (fig003jal).
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At the interface between the two tissues is thebasementmembrane, which is a thin sheet of specialised extracellular matrix.
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Pigment-containing cells, some of which must be melanocytes which produce the original melanosomes, were apparent along thebasementmembraneand suprabasally.
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Invaginations of thebasementmembranealmost bisect the overlying cytoplasm.
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They lie in fluid-filled lacunae within the epidermis, external to thebasementmembrane.
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The outermost layer of mural granulosa cells formed a well-organised lining along thebasementmembrane.
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Histological examination demonstrated that hypoxanthine maintained the integrity of the follicularbasementmembrane.
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Banded fibrils (anchoring fibrils) connect the dermal side of thebasementmembraneto the underlying, collagen-fibril-rich dermis (dermal matrix).
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