An acellular membrane that is part of the epithelium, lies adjacent to the epithelial cells, and is the fusion of the the basal lamina and the reticular lamina. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basement_membrane http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]
Term information
- SCTID:68989006
- NCIT:C13191
- FMA:63872
- AAO:0010596
- GAID:915
- UMLS:C0004799 (ncithesaurus:Basement_Membrane)
- Wikipedia:Basement_membrane
this class represents a continuous sheet of basement membrane which can underlie multiple epithelial cells over large regions. In contrast, the GO class 'basal membrane' represents a portion of substance on the scale of a single cell.
An acellular membrane that is part of the epithelium, lies adjacent to the epithelial cells, and is the fusion of the the basal lamina and the reticular lamina.
Term relations
- acellular membrane
- protein-containing material entity
- composed primarily of some basement membrane
- only in taxon some Metazoa
- adjacent to some epithelial cell
- part of some epithelium
- has part some collagen type IV trimer