| Term: | intestinal epithelium brush border |
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| Note: | This page represents a term created by the combination ("post-composition") of two ontology terms. For more information on the individual terms, click the hyperlinked name. |
| Name: | intestinal epithelium |
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| Synonyms: | intestine epithelium, villous epithelium |
| Definition: | Simple columnar epithelium that lines the intestine, sometimes pseudostratified, with absorptive brush-border cells and mucous goblet cells clearly visible. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0005124] |
| Name: | brush border |
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| Definition: | The dense covering of microvilli on the apical surface of an epithelial cell in tissues such as the intestine, kidney, and choroid plexus; the microvilli aid absorption by increasing the surface area of the cell. |
| Ontology: | GO: Cellular Component [GO:0005903] QuickGO AmiGO |