Intestinal Villus

Preferred Label : Intestinal Villus;

NCIt synonyms : Villus;

NCIt related terms : intestinal villi;

NCIt definition : A finger-like projection of the plasma membrane found in the epithelial cells lining the intestinal tract that increase the lumen surface area.;

Alternative definition : NCI-GLOSS: Tiny hair-like projections that line the inside of the small intestine. They contain blood vessels and help absorb nutrients.;

Codes from synonyms : CDR0000044802;

Details

Origin ID

C94673;

UMLS CUI

C0227266;

Anatomic structure is physical part of
- Small Intestinal Mucosa [NCIt concept]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- intestinal villus [UBERON concept]
- intestinal villus [Radlex concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Intestinal villus [FMA entity]
- Structure of intestinal villus (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Villus [FMA entity]
- intestinal villus [SNOMED Notion]
- villus [Radlex concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Intestinal villus [FMA entity]
- Structure of intestinal villus (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- intestinal villus [SNOMED Notion]
tissue_is_expression_site_of_gene_product
- Mucin-17 [NCIt concept]

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