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synovial membrane
The connective tissue that lines the cavity of a synovial joint, tendon sheaths & bursae. It consists of 1-3 cell layers forming a discontinuous surface overlying joint tissue & produces synovial fluid that bathes the joint. All surfaces of a joint are lined with synovial membrane except the articular cartilage of bones.
Related
synovitis
tendon sheath
Specific
tendinous sheath of flexor hallucis longus
tendinous sheath of tibialis anterior
tendinous sheath of tibialis posterior
General
membrane
Properties
References
Stedman's Medical Dictionary 26th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1995
Component-of
synovial joint (diarthrosis)