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epithelium

tissue lining the surfaces of organs in animals
Thing tissue_type Q41301
epithelium
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Summary

epithelium is a tissue type[1]. epithelium ranks in the top 7% of tissue type entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,909 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: class of anatomical entity[3]
  • Subclass of: tissue[4], particular anatomical entity[5]
  • Commons category: Epithelium[6]
  • Has part(s): epithelial cell[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Epithelium[8]
  • Described by source: Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[9], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[10], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12]
  • Topic has template: Template:Epithelium and epithelial tissue[13]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C12710[14], C45714[15]
  • Development of anatomical structure: epithelium development[16]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[17]

Why It Matters

epithelium has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] epithelium is known by 123 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Q87327152. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 2TzDhZ
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  2. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    Topic has template → Template:Epithelium and epithelial tissue
    Subclass of → tissue, particular anatomical entity
    Instance of → —
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ Yso id: 4723, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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