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CROSS-SPECIES ANATOMY - ANNOTATIONS

The Basic subset of the UBERON integrated, cross-species anatomy ontology is downloaded weekly from http://berkeleybop.org/ontologies/uberon/basic.obo. For more information about this ontology see the "About" page on the UBERON website at http://uberon.github.io/about.html.

Term:ependyma
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Accession:UBERON:0004670 term browser browse the term
Definition:The thin epithelium-like membrane composed of ependymal cells that lines the ventricular system of the brain and the spinal cord.
Comment:[structure-note] "unlike other epithelia, there is no basement membrane under the ependymal epithelium[ISBN:0387949542]"
Synonyms:exact_synonym: ependyma of neuraxis;   ependymal epithelium
 related_synonym: lamina epithelialis
 xref: BTO:0000401;   EMAPA:37865;   FMA:242791;   GAID:608;   MESH:D004805;   NCI:C13078;   SCTID:12766003;   UMLS:C0014472;   Wikipedia:Ependyma;   neuronames:1856
 relational_adjective: ependymal
 cyclic_relationship: mutually_spatially_disjoint_with GO:0005604



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  UBERON ontology 0
    anatomical entity 0
      material anatomical entity 0
        anatomical structure 0
          ectoderm-derived structure 0
            ecto-epithelium 0
              ependyma 0
                brain ependyma + 0
                spinal cord ependyma 0
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  UBERON ontology 0
    anatomical entity 0
      material anatomical entity 0
        anatomical structure 0
          multicellular anatomical structure 0
            multicellular organism 0
              embryo 0
                embryonic structure 0
                  embryonic tissue 0
                    germ layer / neural crest 0
                      germ layer 0
                        ectoderm 0
                          ectoderm-derived structure 0
                            neurectoderm 0
                              presumptive neural plate 0
                                neural plate 0
                                  neural keel 0
                                    neural rod 0
                                      neural tube 0
                                        germinal neuroepithelium 0
                                          neural tube ventricular layer 0
                                            ependyma 0
                                              brain ependyma + 0
                                              spinal cord ependyma 0
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