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brush border layer

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The microvilli-covered surface of simple cuboidal epithelium and simple columnar epithelium cells found in certain locations of the body; mainly in the small an large intestines and kidneys. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brush_border ]

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UBPROP 0000012

FMA class represents an individual microvillus

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Note - this anatomical structure differs from the cellular component GO_0005903 brush border (defined as: the dense covering of microvilli on the apical surface of a epithelial cells in tissues such as the intestine, kidney, and choroid plexus; the microvilli aid absorption by increasing the surface area of the cell).

has related synonym

brush border membrane, brush border

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UBERON:0012424

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Brush border

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