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endothelium
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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] [ https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/issues/225 ]
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Label
endothelium
Subsets
uberon_slim, efo_slim
comment
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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uberon
has relational adjective
endothelial
id
UBERON:0001986
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