Terminology Service for NFDI4Health
simple squamous epithelium
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000487
Term info
Label
simple squamous epithelium
Subsets
uberon_slim, vertebrate_core
definition
Unilaminar epithelium which consists of a single layer of squamous cells. Examples: pulmonary alveolar epithelium, endothelium.[FMA].
depicted by
Illu:epithelium.jpg, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8f/Illu_epithelium.jpg
external definition
Unilaminar epithelium that consists of a single layer of squamous cells.[CARO]
has exact synonym
epithelium simplex squamosum
has obo namespace
uberon
has related synonym
simple squamous epithelia
id
UBERON:0000487
imported from
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon.owl, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/cl.owl