apical part of cell

id: GO:0045177
name: apical part of cell
namespace: cellular_component
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The region of a polarized cell that forms a tip or is distal to a base. For example, in a polarized epithelial cell, the apical region has an exposed surface and lies opposite to the basal lamina that separates the epithelium from other tissue.

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