brush border layer
The microvilli-covered surface of simple cuboidal epithelium and simple columnar epithelium cells found in certain locations of the body; mainly in the small an large intestines and kidneys. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brush_border ]
Term info
FMA class represents an individual microvillus
Note - this anatomical structure differs from the cellular component GO_0005903 brush border (defined as: the dense covering of microvilli on the apical surface of a epithelial cells in tissues such as the intestine, kidney, and choroid plexus; the microvilli aid absorption by increasing the surface area of the cell).
brush border membrane, brush border
uberon
UBERON:0012424
Brush border