liver lobule

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0004647

The polygonal structure of the liver that consists of hepatocytes radiating outward from a hepatic vein. [ MP:0008987 http://openisbn.com/search.php?q=0-683-40008-8&isbn=1/ ]

Synonyms: hepatic lobule, lobulus hepaticus, lobuli hepatici

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SCTID:362194004
FMA:14471
MA:0002494
NCIT:C32732
Wikipedia:Lobules_of_liver
EMAPA:35499
UMLS:C0227518 (ncithesaurus:Hepatic_Lobule)

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pheno_slim, human_reference_atlas

plural term

lobuli hepatici

plural term

lobules of liver [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobules_of_liver ]

curator note

should not be confused with the anatomic lobes of the liver (caudate lobe, quadrate lobe, left lobe, and right lobe), or any of the functional lobe classification systems.[WP]

has related synonym

lobules of liver, lobuli hepatis

has obo namespace

uberon

UBERON:0004647

prefLabel

Hepatic lobule

present in taxon

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