Term Name: intestinal epithelium
Synonyms: bowel epithelial tissue, bowel epithelium, epithelial tissue of bowel, epithelial tissue of intestine, epithelium of bowel, epithelium of intestine, intestine epithelial tissue, intestine epithelium, villous epithelium
Definition: Epithelial layer that lines the intestine.
Ontology: Cell Ontology [UBERON:0001277]

Relationships
is part of: intestinal mucosa intestine
has parts: intervillus pockets intestinal epithelial cell intestinal villus paneth cell
is a type of: digestive tract epithelium epithelium epithelium of mucosa gastrointestinal system epithelium simple columnar epithelium
has subtype: epithelium of crypt of Lieberkuhn epithelium of large intestine epithelium of small intestine intestinal bulb epithelium Peyer's patch epithelium
inverse located_in: alpha-beta intraepithelial T cell CD4-positive, alpha-beta intraepithelial T cell gamma-delta intraepithelial T cell intraepithelial lymphocyte