| Term: | blood vessel tight junction |
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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: | blood vessel |
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| Definition: | Any of the tubular multi-tissue structures through which blood circulates in the body. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0005314] |
| Name: | tight junction |
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| Synonyms: | occluding cell junction, occluding junction |
| Definition: | A cell-cell junction that seals cells together in an epithelium in a way that prevents even small molecules from leaking from one side of the sheet to the other. |
| Ontology: | GO: Cellular Component [GO:0070160] QuickGO AmiGO |