The term 'endothelium' has been either restricted to the continuous cell layer of the vertebrates, as we are assuming here, or applied to all the cells able to adhere to the luminal surface of the vascular basement membrane (Casley-Smith 1980)

The term 'endothelium' has been either restricted to the continuous cell layer of the vertebrates, as we are assuming here, or applied to all the cells able to adhere to the luminal surface of the vascular basement membrane (Casley-Smith 1980)

BTO:0000393

galen:Endothelium

UMLS:C0014257

MESH:D004727

GAID:520

NCIT:C12481

EFO:0002548

FMA:63916

SCTID:27168002

CALOHA:TS-0278

A layer of epithelium that lines the heart, blood vessels (endothelium, vascular), lymph vessels (endothelium, lymphatic), and the serous cavities of the body[MESH]. Simple squamous epithelium which lines blood and lymphatic vessels and the heart[FMA].

UBERON:0001986

uberon

UBERON:0001986

endothelium