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mucous membrane

protective layer which lines the interior of hollow organs
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Summary

mucous membrane ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,500 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: biological membrane[2]
  • Part of: hollow organ[3]
  • Commons category: Mucous membrane[4]
  • Said to be the same as: mucosa[5]
  • Described by source: Gray's Anatomy (20th edition)[6], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[7], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[8], Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[9], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 4[10]
  • WordLift URL: http://data.wordlift.io/wl01714/entity/mucosal-surfaces[11]

Why It Matters

mucous membrane has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 86 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

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  5. [6] ↑ . bartleby.com. Retrieved . bartleby.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] ↑ . fr.dentist. fr.dentist. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14w ago · J. Gradowski · 2026-07-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Great ukrainian encyclopedia online id → Слизова_оболонка
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Great ukrainian encyclopedia online id: Слизова_оболонка"
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