Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

mucosa flexible

English translation:

pliable mucosa

Added to glossary by liz askew
Jan 16, 2012 21:20
12 yrs ago
Spanish term

mucosa flexible

Spanish to English Other Medical (general)
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.
Change log

Jan 19, 2012 18:47: liz askew changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/876326">Dave Pugh's</a> old entry - "mucosa flexible"" to ""pliable mucosa""

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pliable mucosa

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RECTAL EXAMINATION
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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 ...
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Syllabus for ACG Breakfast on Perianal Crohns Disease
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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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flexible mucosa

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..
Peer comment(s):

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 day 2 hrs
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1 hr

flexible mucous membrane (tunica mucosa)

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
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16 hrs

free

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

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Note added at 16 hrs (2012-01-17 13:43:08 GMT)
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Oops, srry, the answer should read free mucosa.

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Note added at 16 hrs (2012-01-17 13:44:00 GMT)
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srry --> sorry
Example sentence:

Rectal examination revealed a <b>smooth and free rectal mucosa</b>.

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