different between epithelium vs neuroepithelium

English

Etymology

From New Latin epith?lium, from Ancient Greek ??? (epí, “on, atop, epi-”) + ???? (th?l?, “nipple”) + -ium (“aggregation”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??p???i?l??m/

Noun

epithelium (plural epitheliums or epithelia)

1. (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.

   Synonym: epithelial tissue

Derived terms

• epithelial
• neoepithelium

Translations

See also

• endothelium
• epidermis

English

Etymology

neuro- +? epithelium

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?n?.o?.??p.?.??i.li.?m/

Noun

neuroepithelium (plural neuroepithelia)

1. The part of an embryo that develops into the nervous system
2. The epithelium associated with sensory organs such as the eye or nose

Related terms

• neuroepithelial

Translations

• Italian: neuroepitelio (it)