Portion of tissue, that consists of one or more layers of epithelial cells connected to each other by cell junctions and which is underlain by a basal lamina. Examples: simple squamous epithelium, glandular cuboidal epithelium, transitional epithelium, myoepithelium[CARO].
Synonyms: portion of epithelium epithelial tissue
Term information
- NCIT:C12710
- EMAPA:32738
- null:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epithelium
- null:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0014609
- HAO:0000066
- FBbt:00007005
- BTO:0000416
- TAO:0001486
- GAID:402
- null:http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/31610004
- CALOHA:TS-0288
- CARO:0000066
- MESH:D004848
- XAO:0003045
- VHOG:0000387
- FMA:9639
- EHDAA2:0003066
- AEO:0000066
- UMLS:C0014609
- ZFA:0001486
- BILA:0000066
- AAO:0000144
- AAO:0010055
- MA:0003060
uberon_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core
Editor note: surface epithelium may contain non-epithelial cells, such as melanocytes, lymphocytes and dendritic cells, within the sheet of epithelial cells. Do we consider these part of the epithelium, or located-in it?
EMAPA:32738
GAID:402
ZFA:0001486
HAO:0000066
UMLS:C0014609
MA:0003060
FMA:9639
AEO:0000066
MESH:D004848
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epithelium
AAO:0000144
XAO:0003045
AAO:0010055
VHOG:0000387
FBbt:00007005
BILA:0000066
CARO:0000066
TAO:0001486
NCIT:C12710
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0014609
CALOHA:TS-0288
BTO:0000416
EHDAA2:0003066
http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/31610004
The two basic types of metazoan tissue are epithelial and connective. The simplest metazoans, and developmental stages of many primitive invertebrates, consist solely of these two layers. Thus, epithelial and connective tissues may be the primary (original) tissues of metazoans, and both are important in the functional organization of animals.[well established][VHOG]