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To cover with or change into type of tissue lining internal and external body surfaces.  

Flaking off of lining tissue, especially of intestine. Loss of layers of epithelial celIs from the skin or the lining of the intestine.  

Part of the brain’s second portion, or ‘tweenbrain. The part of the forebrain containing the pineal body. Part of the forebrain, consisting of a narrow band of nerve tissue in the roof of the third ventricle (including the region where the choroid plexus is attached) and the pineal body. The uppermost portion of the diencephalon…

Tough tissue that holds a tendon within its sheath.  

Fibrous sheath around a tendon. The fibrous sheath enveloping a tendon.  

Birth abnormality in which fold of tissue covers eyeball for width of lid.  

External surface of the eye’s tough, white, outer coat. The outer surface of the sclera of the eyeball. The most superficial layer of the sclera of the eye. It sometimes becomes inflamed (episcleritis) but the condition usually clears without treatment. The outermost superficial layer of the sclera of the eye. The tissue that links the…

On or above the kneecap.  

Small bone in wrists of some people.  

On the innermost of three membranes lining the brain and spinal cord. Situated on or above the pia mater.