synovial membrane

synovial membrane

English

Alternative forms

• synovium

Noun

synovial membrane (plural synovial membranes)

1. (anatomy) A thin membrane that lines the ligamentous surfaces of joint capsules, tendon sheaths where free movement is necessary, and bursae; it is composed of dense connective tissue and secretes synovial fluid.

Translations

Translations

Chinese: Mandarin: 滑膜 (zh) (huámó) Finnish: nivelkalvo (fi) French: membrane synoviale (fr) f Japanese: 滑膜 (かつまく, katsumaku) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: perdeya sînoviyal f Polish: błona maziowa f Russian: синовиа́льная оболо́чка f (sinoviálʹnaja obolóčka) Spanish: sinovia (es) f Ukrainian: синовіа́льна оболо́нка f (synoviálʹna obolónka)

See also

• bursa

References

• “synovial membrane”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary