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mucosa flexible

English translation: pliable mucosa


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Spanish term or phrase:mucosa flexible
English translation:pliable mucosa
Entered by: liz askew
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21:20 Jan 16, 2012
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Medical (general)
Spanish term or phrase: mucosa flexible
Exploración de 360º de la mucosa rectal (lisa y flexible) para detectar induraciones, estenosis o masas.

Talking about the rectal examination here, sorry if you're about to have dinner.
Got "smooth mucus" and not sure the right term for the other which is used.

Thanks in advance.
Dave Pugh
Local time: 09:57
pliable mucosa
Explanation:
got it!

RECTAL EXAMINATION
www.cetl.org.uk/learning/skills_sheets/Rectal-examination.p...
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Quick View
down' against your examining finger. • When in the rectum rotate the finger 180 o in each direction. You should feel soft, pliable rectal mucosa and anteriorly the ...
[PDF]
Syllabus for ACG Breakfast on Perianal Crohns Disease
www.mcrsllc.com/.../Anorectal Diseases/Anal Fistula.pdf
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risk for complications. Second, an advancement flap requires healthy pliable rectal mucosa and muscularis. Active proctitis is not only contraindicates a flap, but
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Local time: 08:57
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I'm going with this one. Thanks for the help.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3flexible mucosa
Carlos Sorzano
4pliable mucosaliz askew
4flexible mucous membrane (tunica mucosa)Ellen Kraus
4freecasper


  

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flexible mucosa


Explanation:
that's it

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The non-keratinized mucosa is more mobile and found in regions of the oral cavity, where a more flexible mucosa is required for functioning..

Carlos Sorzano
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Muriel Vasconcellos
13 mins

agree  José Luis Molnar: this is the right term
43 mins

neutral  liz askew: trouble is, I am unable to locate this on any En medical site, seriously:)
19 hrs

agree  Robert Copeland
1 day2 hrs
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flexible mucous membrane (tunica mucosa)


Explanation:
I´d say

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www.ijo.in/article.asp?issn=0301...2;...Ähnliche Seiten - Diese Seite von VH Mahatme - 1999 - 1 Apr 2005 – Rectal mucous membrane graft for dry eye syndrome. Vikas H Mahatme Mahatme Eye Bank and Eye Hospital, Nagpur, India. Correspondence

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www.britannica.com/.../topic/.../mucous-membr...Im Cache - Ähnliche mucous membrane (anatomy), membrane lining bodily cavities and canals that ... Mucous membranes line many tracts and structures of the body, including the

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www.scientificamerican.com/page.cfm?section...And covering it all is a highly flexible mucous membrane. Each component brings a special capability to the whole. The ligament's tensile stress rises rapidly

Ellen Kraus
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free


Explanation:
Free in the sense of tumor-free and hence not hard/indurated/fixed due to invasion by a tumor.

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Oops, srry, the answer should read free mucosa.

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srry --> sorry

Example sentence(s):
  • Rectal examination revealed a smooth and free rectal mucosa.

    Reference: http://www.hemoncstem.net/files.php?force&file=PDF/09-009-CR...
casper
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pliable mucosa


Explanation:
got it!

RECTAL EXAMINATION
www.cetl.org.uk/learning/skills_sheets/Rectal-examination.p...
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Quick View
down' against your examining finger. • When in the rectum rotate the finger 180 o in each direction. You should feel soft, pliable rectal mucosa and anteriorly the ...
[PDF]
Syllabus for ACG Breakfast on Perianal Crohns Disease
www.mcrsllc.com/.../Anorectal Diseases/Anal Fistula.pdf
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Quick View
risk for complications. Second, an advancement flap requires healthy pliable rectal mucosa and muscularis. Active proctitis is not only contraindicates a flap, but

liz askew
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:57
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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Changes made by editors
Jan 19 - Changes made by liz askew:
Edited KOG entryDave Pugh's old entry - "mucosa flexible" => "pliable mucosa"


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