An endothelium that is part of an artery [Automatically generated definition]. [ OBOL:automatic ]
术语信息
- UMLS:C1179025 (ncithesaurus:Artery_Endothelium)
- EMAPA:35148
- NCIT:C49194
- MA:0000707
- BTO:0004757
- FMA:62116
- XAO:0000357
- VHOG:0001215
- AAO:0011013
The endothelium is the thin layer of cells that lines the interior surface of blood vessels, forming an interface between circulating blood in the lumen and the rest of the vessel wall.[AAO]
Vertebrates and a very few invertebrates such as squids have evolved a secondary epithelium, the endothelium, that lines their blood vessels.[well established][VHOG]