Medical Subject Headings

Last uploaded: January 31, 2024
Preferred Name

Enterocytes

Synonyms

Enterocyte

Definitions

Absorptive cells in the lining of the INTESTINAL MUCOSA. They are differentiated EPITHELIAL CELLS with apical MICROVILLI facing the intestinal lumen. Enterocytes are more abundant in the SMALL INTESTINE than in the LARGE INTESTINE. Their microvilli greatly increase the luminal surface area of the cell by 14- to 40 fold.

ID

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D020895

altLabel

Enterocyte

AQL

CH CL CY DE EN IM ME MI PA PH PS RE TR UL VI

cui

C0682610

DC

1

definition

Absorptive cells in the lining of the INTESTINAL MUCOSA. They are differentiated EPITHELIAL CELLS with apical MICROVILLI facing the intestinal lumen. Enterocytes are more abundant in the SMALL INTESTINE than in the LARGE INTESTINE. Their microvilli greatly increase the luminal surface area of the cell by 14- to 40 fold.

DX

20000101

HN

2000

Inverse of AQ

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000648

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000276

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000378

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000469

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000821

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000473

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000145

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000737

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000382

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000502

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000187

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000201

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000637

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000166

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000528

Machine permutation

2000

MDA

19991103

MMR

20050630

MN

A03.556.124.369.290

A10.615.550.444.290

A11.436.290

notation

D020895

prefLabel

Enterocytes

TERMUI

T358442

TH

NLM (2000)

tui

T025

subClassOf

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D004847

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D007413

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