epithelium

Noun
  1. Membranous tissue covering internal organs and other internal surfaces of the body (synset 105247151)
    is a type of: animal tissue - the tissue in the bodies of animals
    subtypes:
    • endothelium - an epithelium of mesoblastic origin; a thin layer of flattened cells that lines the inside of some body cavities
    • mesothelium - epithelium originating in the embryonic mesoderm; lines the primordial body cavity
    • neuroepithelium - epithelium associated with special sense organs and containing sensory nerve endings
    • decidua - the epithelial tissue of the endometrium
    has: epithelial cell - one of the closely packed cells forming the epithelium
    same as: epithelial tissue

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