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urinary bladder urothelium

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0004645

The epithelial lining of the luminal space of the urinary bladder. [ MP:0000540 ]

Synonyms: urothelium of urinary bladder, urinary bladder transitional epithelium, bladder transitional cell epithelium, transitional epithelium of urinary bladder

Term info

database cross reference
  • EMAPA:28601
  • NCIT:C13318
  • CALOHA:TS-1088
  • SCTID:25631003
  • MA:0001693
  • FMA:15936
  • UMLS:C0225339 (ncithesaurus:Transitional_Epithelium)
  • BTO:0001694
Subsets

pheno_slim, human_reference_atlas

UBPROP 0000010

5-7 cell layers thick in contracted bladder, 2-3 cells thick in distended bladder; lines renal pelvis, ureters, bladder, most of urethra but not distal urethra

has related synonym

transitional epithelium, epithelium of bladder

has broad synonym

urothelium

id

UBERON:0004645

prefLabel

Transitional epithelium of urinary bladder

present in taxon

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