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thyroid follicle

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Discrete, cystlike units of the thyroid gland that are lined with cuboidal epithelium and are filled with a colloid substance, about 30 to each lobule[BTO]. [ BTO:0004708 ]

Synonyms: thyroid gland follicle

Term info

database cross reference
  • EMAPA:19308
  • ZFA:0001072
  • TAO:0001072
  • SCTID:176685006
  • MA:0000726
  • FMA:68805
  • UMLS:C0229577 (ncithesaurus:Thyroid_Gland_Follicle)
  • BTO:0004708
  • NCIT:C33782
  • EMAPA:19307
Subsets

uberon_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core

plural term
thyroid follicles [ ZFA:0001072 ]

has related synonym

thyroid follicles

id

UBERON:0005305

prefLabel

Thyroid follicle