On physical examination, the patient was found to have dry mucous membranes.

体格检查发现患者粘膜干燥。

You see, it's covered by this mucous membrane.

被这层粘膜覆盖。

The virus enters the body through broken skin — even if not visible — the respiratory tract, or mucous membranes — eyes, nose, or mouth.

病毒通过破裂的皮肤（即使肉眼看不见）、呼吸道或粘膜、或是眼、鼻或口腔进入人体。

The larynx is also called the voice box because it contains the vocal cords, which are two folds of mucous membrane that can open and close like curtains.

喉也称为“声匣/喉头”，因为声带位于此；声带本质上是两片黏膜，就如同两张能开合的帘子。

The skin and mucous membranes covering the body or lining its openings offer considerable resistance to invasion by bacteria and other infectious organisms.

如果这些物理屏障被损坏或烧伤，感染的抵抗力会下降。

That's why they say to try and never touch your face, since the mucous membranes of your eyes, nose, and mouth act like shuttles to the hitchhiking germ.

这就是为什么人们说不要摸自己的脸，因为你眼睛、鼻子和嘴巴的粘膜就像搭乘便车的细菌的穿梭船。

You might live in an especially humid area, or you might have just hit the genetic jackpot and you have nice wet mucous membranes.

您可能生活在一个特别潮湿的地区，或者您可能刚刚中了遗传大奖，并且您的粘膜很湿润。

When the stomach is empty, the mucous membranes lining its walls are highly folded; buried within these folds, or rugae, are numerous digestive glands.

当胃是空着的时候其内壁上的粘膜高度折叠; 许多消化腺位于这些褶皱或皱褶内。

When we breathe, air enters our nose and passes through four chambers called sinuses where the air gets warmed up, humidified, and filtered by mucous membranes.

当我们呼吸时，空气进入我们的鼻子并通过四个称为鼻窦的腔室，空气在这里被加热、加湿并被粘膜过滤。

The facial nerve also innervates the sublingual and submandibular glands, which secrete saliva, as well as the lacrimal gland which produces tears, and mucous membranes of the nose, mouth, and nasopharynx.

面神经同时也支配着舌下腺和下颌下腺，它们可以分泌唾液；以及产生眼泪的泪腺，还有口、鼻、鼻咽的粘膜。