0 a smooth membrane that lines body cavities and keeps them moist:
The oesophagus has no serosa, thus reducing the resistance against local spread of invasive cancer cells.
Other criteria include an extension of placental tissue beyond the serosa and secondary haemorrhage into the peritoneal cavity.
It can affect any organ, but typically the skin, joints, serosa, kidneys and neuronal tissue.
Thinning or disruption of the uterine-vesical serosa occurs due to lack of myometrial tissue, which leaves the vesical serosa exposed.
This serosa secretes a cuticle rich in chitin that protects the embryo against desiccation.
The eggs hatch in the host hemocoel within two to three days and simultaneously release special cells from the egg's serosa.
They are visible, and can be seen just below the serosa or fibrosa.
Serosa is entirely different from the adventitia, a connective tissue layer which binds together structures rather than reducing friction between them.
Underneath the epithelia is an underlying lamina propria, muscularis, perimuscular layer and serosa.
