The single layer of flat epithelium that lines the heart, blood vessels, and lymphatic surfaces is called the endothelium.
Endothelium
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The single layer of flat epithelium that lines the heart, blood vessels, and lymphatic surfaces is called the endothelium.
- Name
- Endothelium
- Name
- endothelium
- Form
- Mesoderm
- Zhuyin
- Facilitates substance exchange and blood and lymph flow
endothelium
Vertebrate blood vessels and lymphatic vessels lined with a single layer of cells.
The endothelium is formed by the mesoderm of the embryo.
A single layer of flat epithelium distributed over the lumen of the heart, blood vessels, and lymphatics. Thin and smooth, it is good for material exchange and blood and lymph flow.
