epithelial cell

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CL_0000066

A cell that is usually found in a two-dimensional sheet with a free surface. The cell has a cytoskeleton that allows for tight cell to cell contact and for cell polarity where apical part is directed towards the lumen and the basal part to the basal lamina. [ MESH:D004847 http://flybase.org/reports/ma.html GOC:tfm ]

Synonyms: epitheliocyte

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database cross reference

WBbt:0003672
FMA:66768
FBbt:00000124
CARO:0000077
CALOHA:TS-2026
BTO:0000414

Subsets

human_reference_atlas

alternative label

epithelial

comment

Cell that cover the surface of the body and line its cavities., Cell that line the inner and outer surfaces of the body by forming cellular layers (epithelium) or masses (MSH)., A cell that is usually found in a two-dimensional sheet with a free surface.

definition source

CL:0000066, NIFSTD:sao441624014, BTO:0000414

has obo namespace

cell

imported from

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon.owl, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/cl.owl

prefLabel

Epithelial cell

present in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606

see also

URI: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/cellline#epithelial_cell, EFO_URI: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/efo/EFO_0000475