loading...| Preferred Name |
endothelium |
| Definitions |
A layer of epithelium that lines the heart, blood vessels (endothelium, vascular), lymph vessels (endothelium, lymphatic), and the serous cavities of the body[MESH]. Simple squamous epithelium which lines blood and lymphatic vessels and the heart[FMA] The term 'endothelium' has been either restricted to the continuous cell layer of the vertebrates, as we are assuming here, or applied to all the cells able to adhere to the luminal surface of the vascular basement membrane (Casley-Smith 1980) |
| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001986 |
| comment |
The term 'endothelium' has been either restricted to the continuous cell layer of the vertebrates, as we are assuming here, or applied to all the cells able to adhere to the luminal surface of the vascular basement membrane (Casley-Smith 1980) |
| database_cross_reference |
galen:Endothelium UMLS:C0014257 BTO:0000393 FMA:63916 CALOHA:TS-0278 NCIT:C12481 EFO:0002548 MESH:D004727 GAID:520 |
| has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
| has_relational_adjective |
endothelial |
| id |
UBERON:0001986 |
| imported from | |
| in subset |
http://purl.oboInOwllibrary.org/oboInOwl/uberon/core#uberon_slim http://purl.oboInOwllibrary.org/oboInOwl/uberon/core#efo_slim |
| label |
endothelium |
| notation |
UBERON:0001986 |
| prefLabel |
endothelium |
| textual definition |
A layer of epithelium that lines the heart, blood vessels (endothelium, vascular), lymph vessels (endothelium, lymphatic), and the serous cavities of the body[MESH]. Simple squamous epithelium which lines blood and lymphatic vessels and the heart[FMA] |
| subClassOf |