endothelium
endothelium
Definition
endo·theli·um (en′dō t̸hē′lē əm)
noun pl. endothelia -·lia (-ə)
the layer of cells lining the inside of blood and lymph vessels, of the heart, and of some other closed cavities
Etymology: ModL < endo- + (epi)thelium
Related Forms:
- endothelial en′do·the′li·al adjective
- endothelioid en′do·the′li·oid′ adjective or endotheloid en·doth′·eloid′ (en dät̸h′ə lo̵id′)
endothelium
Usage Examples
Preposition: from
- tissue: Does endothelium from different tissues express different patterns of adhesion molecules?
Converse of object
- damage: This suggests that acidic solutions may damage the bladder endothelium.
- overlie: Rupture or ulceration of a plaque, by definition, implies loss of the overlying endothelium.
- cross: When inflammation develops in a tissue, lymphocytes and monocytes migrate out of the blood stream and cross the endothelium.
- protect: Provide adequate viscoelastic material ( HPMC ) in front and behind the nucleus to protect the endothelium as this is an open chamber.
- have: The tunica intima has an endothelium of flattened endothelial cells.
Adjective modifier
- corneal: Assuming the corneal thickness = 1 unit, assess the width of the " aqueous gap " from corneal endothelium to iris.
- vascular: Kidney disease To study the regulation of complement activity on vascular endothelium; implications for kidney disease.
- hepatic: Firm adhesion of lymphocytes to hepatic endothelium Do specific chemokines regulate recruitment to the liver?
- healthy: Vascular integrity in the healthy endothelium is maintained through the release of a variety of paracrine factors such as nitric oxide ( NO ).
- cultured: The ideal solution would be to study mass transfer across monolayers of cultured endothelium.
Noun used with modifier
- brain: The barrier phenotype of the brain endothelium is induced and maintained by chemical factors released by brain cells, particularly perivascular astrocytic end feet.
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