The main structural component of the liver. They are specialized epithelial cells that are organized into interconnected plates called lobules. Majority of cell population of liver, polygonal in shape, arranged in plates or trabeculae between sinusoids; may have single nucleus or binucleated. [ GOC:tfm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hepatocyte http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19717280 MESH:D022781 https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0412046911 ]
Term information
- CALOHA:TS-0454
- BTO:0000575
- FMA:14515
cellxgene_subset, human_reference_atlas
Term relations
- endopolyploid cell
- BFO_0000002
- epithelial cell
- part of some liver
- capable of some bile acid biosynthetic process
- develops from some hepatoblast
- capable of some detoxification