Epithelial layer that lines the intestine. [ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_cjm ]
Synonyms: intestine epithelial tissue epithelium of bowel epithelial tissue of bowel epithelium of intestine bowel epithelial tissue bowel epithelium epithelial tissue of intestine
Term information
- UMLS:C0226890 (ncithesaurus:Intestinal_Epithelium)
- ZFA:0005124
- TAO:0005124
- null:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0226890
- FMA:17229
- MA:0001536
- EMAPA:32873
- null:http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/266135004
- null:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intestinal_epithelium
- NCIT:C49240
- BTO:0000781
uberon_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core
Simple columnar epithelium that lines the intestine, sometimes pseudostratified, with absorptive brush-border cells and mucous goblet cells clearly visible. Crosnier et al. 2005[TAO]
Term relations
- epithelium
- simple columnar epithelium
- gastrointestinal system epithelium
- digestive tract epithelium
- epithelium of mucosa
- part of some intestinal mucosa
- contributes to morphology of some intestine