basement membrane of epithelium
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0005769
An acellular membrane that is part of the epithelium, lies adjacent to the epithelial cells, and is the fusion of the the basal lamina and the reticular lamina. [ http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basement_membrane ]
Synonyms: basement membrane of connective tissue, membrana basalis
Term info
- AAO:0010596
- UMLS:C0004799 (ncithesaurus:Basement_Membrane)
- GAID:915
- FMA:63872
- Wikipedia:Basement_membrane
- NCIT:C13191
- SCTID:68989006
this class represents a continuous sheet of basement membrane which can underlie multiple epithelial cells over large regions. In contrast, the GO class 'basal membrane' represents a portion of substance on the scale of a single cell.
basement membrane
uberon
UBERON:0005769
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/cl.owl
Basement membrane
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_80999
Term relations
- acellular membrane
- protein-containing material entity
- adjacent_to some epithelial cell
- only in taxon some Metazoa
- composed primarily of some basement membrane
- part of some epithelium
- has part some collagen type IV trimer