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]. [ http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9114-8737 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epithelium ]
Synonyms: portion of epithelium epithelial tissue
Term information
- TAO:0001486
- ZFA:0001486
- MESH:D004848
- BILA:0000066
- FMA:9639
- BTO:0000416
- SCTID:31610004
- VHOG:0000387
- Wikipedia:Epithelium
- MA:0003060
- AAO:0000144
- CARO:0000066
- GAID:402
- AAO:0010055
- XAO:0003045
- NCIT:C12710
- EMAPA:32738
- CALOHA:TS-0288
- EHDAA2:0003066
- AEO:0000066
- HAO:0000066
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?
Term relations
- tissue and composed primarily of some epithelial cell
- unilaminar epithelium or multilaminar epithelium