material entity anatomical entity cell cell type cell A cell type is a distinct morphological or functional form of cell. Examples are epithelial, glial etc. A material entity of anatomical origin (part of or deriving from an organism) that has as its parts a maximally connected cell compartment surrounded by a plasma membrane. CALOHA:TS-2035 CL:0000000 EFO_URI: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/efo/EFO_0000324 FMA:68646 GO:0005623 KUPO:0000002 MO_548 The definition of cell is intended to represent all cells, and thus a cell is defined as a material entity and not an anatomical structure, which implies that it is part of an organism (or the entirety of one). VHOG:0001533 WBbt:0004017 XAO:0003012 cell epithelial, glial. Anatomical structure that has as its parts a maximally connected cell compartment surrounded by a plasma membrane. PMID:18089833.Cancer Res. 2007 Dec 15;67(24):12018-25. "...Epithelial cells were harvested from histologically confirmed adenocarcinomas .." cell