Preferred Label : intestine;
Uberon definition : Segment of the alimentary canal extending from the stomach to the anus and, in humans
and other mammals, consists of two segments, the small intestine and the large intestine.;
Uberon synonym : bowel;
Uberon related term : intestinal tract;
Uberon Taxon note : In zebrafish, No stomach, small intestine, or large intestine can be distinguished.
However, differences can be found in the morphology of the mucosa columnar epithelial
cells and the number of goblet cells, suggesting functional differentiation. The intestine
has numerous folds that become progressively shorter in a rostral-to-caudal direction.
Proportionally, these folds are significantly larger than the finger-like intestinal
villi of mammals and other amniotes (Wallace et al. 2005). Columnar-shaped absorptive
enterocytes are the most numerous in the zebrafish intestinal epithelium. Goblet cells
are the second most populous epithelial cell type.;
Origin ID : 0000160;
UMLS CUI : C0021853;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- colon [Artificial nutrition thesaurus concept]
- Semantic type(s)
- UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Uberon cross reference
- contributes to morphology of
- has part
- part of
- produces
Segment of the alimentary canal extending from the stomach to the anus and, in humans
and other mammals, consists of two segments, the small intestine and the large intestine.
