epithelial cell

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NAME:

  epithelial cell


DEFINITON:

  A cell that is usually found in a two-dimensional sheet with a free surface. The cell has a cytoskeleton that allows for tight cell to cell contact and for cell polarity where the apical part is directed towards the lumen and the basal part to the basal lamina.


TERM DEFINITION CITATIONS:

  CL:0000066


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TERM ID:

  PLANA:0000100


ABOUT THIS TERM:

epithelial cell

  ↳is a terminally differentiated cell


Expand to see terms that is a epithelial cell

  → embryonic pharynx epithelial cell
  → ciliated epithelial cell
  → epidermal cell
  → pharynx pouch epithelial cell
  → pharynx epithelial cell
  → non ciliated epithelial cell
  → gland cell

  → epithelial cell component part of epithelial cell



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