Epithelial layer that lines the intestine. [ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_cjm ]
Synonyms: epithelium of bowel intestine epithelial tissue epithelial tissue of bowel epithelium of intestine bowel epithelial tissue bowel epithelium epithelial tissue of intestine
Term information
- UMLS:C0226890 (ncithesaurus:Intestinal_Epithelium)
- FMA:17229
- BTO:0000781
- NCIT:C49240
- MA:0001536
- ZFA:0005124
- SCTID:266135004
- EMAPA:32873
- Wikipedia:Intestinal_epithelium
- TAO:0005124
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]