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basal lamina of epithelium

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000482

Acellular anatomical structure that consists of a thin sheet of fibrous proteins that underlie and support the cells of an epithelium. It separates the cells of an epithelium from any underlying tissue. [ http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9114-8737 ]

Synonyms: basal lamina of connective tissue

Term info

database cross reference
  • HAO:0000065
  • AAO:0010269
  • XAO:0003163
  • FMA:62918
  • ZFA:0001485
  • Wikipedia:Basal_lamina
  • BILA:0000065
  • EHDAA2:0003065
  • VHOG:0001592
  • NCIT:C32186
  • CARO:0000065
  • WBbt:0005756
  • AEO:0000065
  • TGMA:0001850
  • MESH:D001485
  • TAO:0001485
  • NIF_Subcellular:sao1397492660
  • UMLS:C0085872 (ncithesaurus:Basal_Lamina)
Subsets

uberon_slim, vertebrate_core, human_reference_atlas

plural term
basal laminae [ VHOG:0001592 ]

UBPROP 0000003

A basal lamina is certainly present in Bilateria and was evaluated as an autapomorphy of this taxon.[well established][VHOG]

curator note

this class represents a continuous sheet of basal lamina which can underlie multiple epithelial cells over large regions. In contrast, the GO class 'basal lamina' represents a portion of substance on the scale of a single cell.

depicted by

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Basal_lamina.jpg

has related synonym

basal laminae, basal lamina, lamina basalis

id

UBERON:0000482

prefLabel

Basal lamina

present in taxon

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