Discrete, cystlike units of the thyroid gland that are lined with cuboidal epithelium and are filled with a colloid substance, about 30 to each lobule[BTO]. [ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BTO_0004708 ]

Synonyms: thyroid gland follicle

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Term information

database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core

plural term
thyroid follicles [ ZFA:0001072 ]

has related synonym

thyroid follicles

id

UBERON:0005305