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Mesothelium vs Epithelium - What's the difference?

mesothelium | epithelium |

As nouns the difference between mesothelium and epithelium

is that mesothelium is a membrane of flat cells that lines the body cavity of embryos and forms the squamous cells of the peritoneum, pericardium, and pleura while epithelium is a membranous tissue composed of one or more layers of cells which forms the covering of most internal and external surfaces of the body and its organs: internally including the lining of vessels and other small cavities, and externally being the skin.

mesothelium

English

Noun

(wikipedia mesothelium) (mesothelia)
  • (biology) A membrane of flat cells that lines the body cavity of embryos and forms the squamous cells of the peritoneum, pericardium, and pleura
  • epithelium

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (anatomy) A membranous tissue composed of one or more layers of cells which forms the covering of most internal and external surfaces of the body and its organs: internally including the lining of vessels and other small cavities, and externally being the skin.
  • * 1969 , Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor , Penguin 2011, p. 25:
  • the passenger's roving eyes paused for a moment as he listened inwardly to a nether itch, which he supposed to be (correctly, thank Log) only a minor irritation of the epithelium .

    Synonyms

    * epithelial tissue

    Derived terms

    * epithelial

    See also

    * endothelium * epidermis English nouns with irregular plurals