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serous membrane; serosa
The outermost coat or serous layer of a visceral structure that lies in the body cavities of the abdomen or thorax. It consists of a surface layer of mesothelium reinforced by irregular fibroelastic connective tissue.
Related
serosal neoplasm
Specific
pericardium
peritoneum
pleura
General
membrane
epithelium
References
Stedman's Medical Dictionary 26th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1995