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urinary bladder urothelium
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The epithelial lining of the luminal space of the urinary bladder. [ ]
Term info
Label
urinary bladder urothelium
Synonyms
- bladder transitional cell epithelium
- transitional epithelium of urinary bladder
- urinary bladder transitional epithelium
- urothelium of urinary bladder
Subsets
pheno_slim
has broad synonym
urothelium
has obo namespace
uberon
has related synonym
transitional epithelium, epithelium of bladder
id
UBERON:0004645
structure notes
5-7 cell layers thick in contracted bladder, 2-3 cells thick in distended bladder; lines renal pelvis, ureters, bladder, most of urethra but not distal urethra
Term relations
Subclass of:
- urothelium
- meso-epithelium
- mixed endoderm/mesoderm-derived structure
- epithelium of mucosa
- part of some mucosa of urinary bladder
- contributes to morphology of some urinary bladder
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