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epithelial cell

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Cell that cover the surface of the body and line its cavities.

Cell that line the inner and outer surfaces of the body by forming cellular layers (epithelium) or masses (MSH).

A cell that is usually found in a two-dimensional sheet with a free surface.

Term info

Label

epithelial cell

Synonyms
  • epithelial
database cross reference
definition

A cell that is usually found in a two-dimensional sheet with a free surface. The cell has a cytoskeleton that allows for tight cell to cell contact and for cell polarity where apical part is directed towards the lumen and the basal part to the basal lamina.

definition source

CL:0000066, NIFSTD:sao441624014, BTO:0000414

has exact synonym

epitheliocyte

imported from

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon.owl, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/cl.owl

see also

URI: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/cellline#epithelial_cell, EFO_URI: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/efo/EFO_0000475

term editor

James Malone, Tomasz Adamusiak