Transitional epithelium

Preferred Label : Transitional epithelium;

FMA definition : Multilaminar epithelium, which of consists of more than one layer of epithelial cells, in contact with a basement membrane, that can undergo distention and contraction without losing its integrity and consistency. Examples: urothelium.;

Synonyme FMA : Epithelium transitionale;

Details

Origin ID

63914;

UMLS CUI

C0225339;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- urothelium [UBERON concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Structure of transitional epithelium (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Transitional Epithelium [NCIt concept]
- transitional epithelium, nos [SNOMED Notion]
Semantic type(s)
- Tissue [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Structure of transitional epithelium (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Transitional Epithelium [NCIt concept]
- transitional epithelium, nos [SNOMED Notion]
- urinary bladder urothelium [UBERON concept]

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