ependyma
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0004670
The thin epithelium-like membrane composed of ependymal cells that lines the ventricular system of the brain and the spinal cord. [ http://openisbn.com/search.php?q=0387949542&isbn=1/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ependyma http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]
Synonyms: ependymal epithelium, ependyma of neuraxis
Term info
- UMLS:C0014472 (ncithesaurus:Ependyma)
- GAID:608
- neuronames:1856
- BTO:0000401
- SCTID:12766003
- MESH:D004805
- Wikipedia:Ependyma
- NCIT:C13078
- EMAPA:37865 (MA:th)
- FMA:242791
pheno_slim
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0005604
ependymal
unlike other epithelia, there is no basement membrane under the ependymal epithelium[ISBN:0387949542]
FMA breaks ependyma into ependyma proper (a subdivsion of epithelium) and epithelium of choroid plexus
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b6/Gray667.png
lamina epithelialis
uberon
UBERON:0004670
Ependyma of neuraxis