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endothelium

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001986

The term 'endothelium' has been either restricted to the continuous cell layer of the vertebrates, as we are assuming here, or applied to all the cells able to adhere to the luminal surface of the vascular basement membrane (Casley-Smith 1980)

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Label

endothelium

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Subsets

uberon_slim, efo_slim

definition

A layer of epithelium that lines the heart, blood vessels (endothelium, vascular), lymph vessels (endothelium, lymphatic), and the serous cavities of the body[MESH]. Simple squamous epithelium which lines blood and lymphatic vessels and the heart[FMA].

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uberon

has relational adjective

endothelial

UBERON:0001986

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

Term relations

Equivalent to:

epithelium and composed primarily of some endothelial cell

Subclass of:

simple squamous epithelium
meso-epithelium
epithelium
composed primarily of some endothelial cell
only in taxon some Vertebrata