urogenital sinus epithelium

Term ID

UBERON:0004902

Synonyms

• epithelium of urogenital sinus
• UGE

Definition

The fetal urogenital sinus (from which the prostate derives) is a simple cylinder of stratified basal epithelium, surrounded by mesenchyme and positioned between the embryonic bladder and pelvic urethra http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18977204

References

• EHDAA2:0004061
• EMAPA:31509
• EMAPA:31520

Ontology

Cell Ontology