| Term: | intestinal epithelium zonula adherens |
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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: | intestinal epithelium |
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| Synonyms: | intestine epithelium, villous epithelium |
| Definition: | Simple columnar epithelium that lines the intestine, sometimes pseudostratified, with absorptive brush-border cells and mucous goblet cells clearly visible. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0005124] |
| Name: | zonula adherens |
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| Synonyms: | adhesion belt, belt desmosome, intermediate junction, zonula adhaerens |
| Definition: | A cell-cell adherens junction which forms a continuous belt near the apex of epithelial cells. |
| Ontology: | GO: Cellular Component [GO:0005915] QuickGO AmiGO |