NEUROEPITHELIUM

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Meaning:

Epithelium associated with special sense organs and containing sensory nerve endings

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("neuroepithelium" is a kind of...):

epithelial tissue; epithelium (membranous tissue covering internal organs and other internal surfaces of the body)

Holonyms ("neuroepithelium" is a part of...):

gustatory organ; taste bud; tastebud (an oval sensory end organ on the surface of the tongue)

inner ear; internal ear; labyrinth (a complex system of interconnecting cavities; concerned with hearing and equilibrium)

retina (the innermost light-sensitive membrane covering the back wall of the eyeball; it is continuous with the optic nerve)

nasal cavity (either of the two cavities lying between the floor of the cranium and the roof of the mouth and extending from the face to the pharynx)