Peyer's patch
The protruding lymphoid tissue located on the mucosa of the intestine that is composed of densely packed B cell follicles. [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15841100 MP:0000696 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 MESH:A10.549.600 ]
Synonyms: noduli lymphoidei aggregati
Term info
- UMLS:C0031272 (ncithesaurus:Peyer_s_Patch)
- BTO:0001784
- Wikipedia:Peyer's_patch
- MA:0000137
- MESH:D010581
- CALOHA:TS-0780
- EFO:0001381
- NCIT:C12771
- GAID:950
- EMAPA:19028
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim
Reptiles have accumulations of lymphocytes in their guts that may be primitive Peyer's patches (Zapata and Solas).
FMA has [set of?] [aggregated,small] lymphoid [follice,nodule] of [colon, SI, I, etc], Pp is a syn for Aggregated lymphoid follicle of small intestine; but MA uses Pp as covering both SI and LI. MA also includes follicle as a part. WP says duodenum and jejunum lack PPs
Peyers patch, aggregated lymphoid nodule, Peyers gland, aggregated lymphoid follicle of intestine
uberon
UBERON:0001211
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_8459
Term relations
- gut-associated lymphoid tissue
- part of some intestinal mucosa
- only in taxon some Amniota
- in taxon some (not Testudines)
- part of some lamina propria