endothelium (redirected from Endothelium, vascular)

endothelium /en·do·the·li·um/ (-the´le-um) pl. endothe´lia   the layer of epithelial cells that lines the cavities of the heart, the serous cavities, and the lumina of the blood and lymph vessels.

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en·do·the·li·um (nd-thl-m)

n. pl. en·do·the·li·a (-l-)

A thin layer of flat epithelial cells that lines serous cavities, lymph vessels, and blood vessels.

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endo·theli·al adj.

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endothelium

(en´dōthē´lēm),
n the layer of simple squamous epithelial cells that line the heart, the blood and lymph vessels, and the serous cavities of the body.

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endothelium

pl. endothelia [Gr.] the layer of epithelial cells that lines the cavities of the heart and of the blood and lymph vessels, sometimes applied to other internal epithelial surfaces.

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corneal endothelium

lines the inner surface of the cornea, between the corneal stroma and aqueous humor; called also the posterior epithelium.