liver lobule

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0004647

The polygonal structure of the liver that consists of hepatocytes radiating outward from a hepatic vein. [ MP:0008987 http://openisbn.com/search.php?q=0-683-40008-8&isbn=1/ ]

Synonyms: hepatic lobule, lobulus hepaticus, lobuli hepatici

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database cross reference

UMLS:C0227518 (ncithesaurus:Hepatic_Lobule)
EMAPA:35499
SCTID:362194004
NCIT:C32732
Wikipedia:Lobules_of_liver
FMA:14471
MA:0002494

Subsets

pheno_slim, human_reference_atlas

plural term

lobules of liver [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobules_of_liver ]

plural term

lobuli hepatici

curator note

should not be confused with the anatomic lobes of the liver (caudate lobe, quadrate lobe, left lobe, and right lobe), or any of the functional lobe classification systems.[WP]

has related synonym

lobules of liver, lobuli hepatis

has obo namespace

uberon

UBERON:0004647

prefLabel

Hepatic lobule

present in taxon

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