loading...| Preferred Name |
Basement Membrane |
| ID |
http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C13191 |
| ALT_DEFINITION |
Ubiquitous supportive tissue adjacent to epithelium and around smooth and striated muscle cells. This tissue contains intrinsic macromolecular components such as collagen, laminin, and sulfated proteoglycans. As seen by light microscopy one of its subdivisions is the basal (basement) lamina. |
| code |
C13191 |
| DEFINITION |
Ubiquitous supportive tissue adjacent to epithelium and around smooth and striated muscle cells. This tissue contains intrinsic macromolecular components such as collagen, laminin, and sulfated proteoglycans. As seen by light microscopy one of its subdivisions is the basal (basement) lamina. |
| label |
Basement Membrane |
| Legacy_Concept_Name |
Basement_Membrane |
| Preferred_Name |
Basement Membrane |
| prefixIRI |
C13191 |
| prefLabel |
Basement Membrane |
| Semantic_Type |
Tissue |
| UMLS_CUI |
C0004799 |
| subClassOf |