mucous

Traveling through the bodily fluids of an infected person, Ebola enters through a mucous membrane or break in the skin.

Small fragments of mucous membrane may be found, and when examined by a pathologist, may occasionally establish the diagnosis.

The damage which they do to the mucous membrane favors bacterial invasion.

It lives in the large intestine, especially the cecum, with its slender extremity embedded in the mucous membrane.

The mucous membranes become dry and insensitive, especially those of the fauces.

Here occur fever, anaemia, neuralgic pains, and the eruptions on the skin and the mucous membranes.