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transitional epithelial cell

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CL_0000244


A cell characteristically found lining hollow organs that are subject to great mechanical change due to contraction and distention; originally thought to represent a transition between stratified squamous and columnar epithelium. [ GOC:tfm http://openisbn.com/search.php?q=0721662544&isbn=1/ ]

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human_reference_atlas

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Transitional epithelial cell

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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606

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