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Epithelium

The superficial layer of cells lining the alimentary canal and all its appendages, all glands and their ducts, blood vessels and lymphatics, serous cavities, etc. It often includes the epidermis (i. e., keratin-producing epithelial cells), and it is sometimes restricted to the alimentary canal, the glands and their appendages, -- the term endothelium being applied to the lining membrane of the blood vessels, lymphatics, and serous cavities.

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Decidua 76% connected

The inner layer of the wall of the uterus, which envelops the embryo, forms a part of the placenta, and is discharged with it.

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Endothelium 76% connected

The thin epithelium lining the blood vessels, lymphatics, and serous cavities. See Epithelium.

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Mesothelium 76% connected

Epithelial mesoderm; a layer of cuboidal epithelium cells, formed from a portion of the mesoderm during the differetiation of the germ layers. It con…

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