membrane organ

Definition

Nonparenchymatous organ that primarily consists of dense connective tissue organized into a sheet which interconnects two or more organs, separates two or more body spaces from one another, or surrounds an organ or body part. Examples: interosseous membrane of forearm, obturator membrane, tympanic membrane, fibrous pericardium, fascia lata, dura mater. [FMA].

Source: UBERON · Licence: CC-BY-3.0

Definition from the Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall CJ et al., Genome Biology 2012, 13:R5), https://obophenotype.github.io/uberon/, licensed under CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).

Sub-structures

• interosseous membrane
• tarsal plate of eyelid
• thyrohyoid membrane

Neighbouring structures

• cartilage organ
• ligament organ
• muscle organ
• neural tree organ

Identifiers

FMA

7145

UBERON

0000094

Wikidata

Q28846055