Acellular anatomical structure that consists of a thin sheet of fibrous proteins that underlie and support the cells of an epithelium. It separates the cells of an epithelium from any underlying tissue. [ http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9114-8737 ]
Synonyms: basal lamina of connective tissue
Term information
- NCIT:C32186
- AEO:0000065
- Wikipedia:Basal_lamina
- EHDAA2:0003065
- BILA:0000065
- MESH:D001485
- UMLS:C0085872 (ncithesaurus:Basal_Lamina)
- TAO:0001485
- ZFA:0001485
- WBbt:0005756
- AAO:0010269
- XAO:0003163
- CARO:0000065
- NIF_Subcellular:sao1397492660
- HAO:0000065
- TGMA:0001850
- FMA:62918
- VHOG:0001592
uberon_slim, vertebrate_core, human_reference_atlas
this class represents a continuous sheet of basal lamina which can underlie multiple epithelial cells over large regions. In contrast, the GO class 'basal lamina' represents a portion of substance on the scale of a single cell.
A basal lamina is certainly present in Bilateria and was evaluated as an autapomorphy of this taxon.[well established][VHOG]
Term relations
- acellular membrane
- composed primarily of some basement membrane
- has part some basement membrane
- part of some basement membrane of epithelium