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intestinal epithelium
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001277
Epithelial layer that lines the intestine. [ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_cjm ]
Term info
Label
intestinal epithelium
Synonyms
- bowel epithelial tissue
- bowel epithelium
- epithelial tissue of bowel
- epithelial tissue of intestine
- epithelium of bowel
- epithelium of intestine
- intestine epithelial tissue
Subsets
uberon_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core
external definition
Simple columnar epithelium that lines the intestine, sometimes pseudostratified, with absorptive brush-border cells and mucous goblet cells clearly visible. Crosnier et al. 2005[TAO]
has narrow synonym
villous epithelium
has obo namespace
uberon
has related synonym
intestine epithelium
id
UBERON:0001277
Term relations
Subclass of:
- simple columnar epithelium
- gastrointestinal system epithelium
- digestive tract epithelium
- epithelium of mucosa
- part of some intestinal mucosa
- contributes to morphology of some intestine
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