seminiferous tubule epithelium

Preferred Label : seminiferous tubule epithelium;

Uberon definition : the stratified epithelial lining of the seminiferous tubules, consisting of the developing spermatozoa and the supporting Sertoli cells, which are tall, columnar type cells that line the tubule;

Uberon synonym : epithelial tissue of seminiferous tubule; testis germinal epithelium; seminiferous epithelium; germinal epithelium (male); male germinal epithelium; wall of seminiferous tubule; epithelium of seminiferous tubule of testis; epithelium of seminiferous tubule; seminiferous tubule epithelial tissue; epithelial tissue of seminiferous tubule of testis;

Details

Origin ID

0004813;

UMLS CUI

C0036629;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Epithelium of seminiferous tubule of testis [FMA entity]
- Seminiferous Epithelium [NCIt concept]
- seminiferous epithelium [MeSH concept]
- seminiferous epithelium [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Tissue [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Seminiferous Epithelium [NCIt concept]
- Structure of spermatogenic epithelium (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- seminiferous epithelium [MeSH concept]
- seminiferous epithelium [MeSH Descriptor]
- spermatogenic epithelium [SNOMED Notion]
Uberon cross reference
- Epithelium of seminiferous tubule of testis [FMA entity]
- Seminiferous Epithelium [NCIt concept]
contributes to morphology of
- seminiferous tubule of testis [UBERON concept]
part of
- seminiferous tubule of testis [UBERON concept]

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