Term: blood vessel tight junction
Name: blood vessel
Synonyms:
Definition: Any of the tubular multi-tissue structures through which blood circulates in the body.
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0005314]

Name: tight junction
Synonyms: occluding cell junction, occluding junction
Definition: A cell-cell junction that seals cells together in an epithelium in a way that prevents even small molecules from leaking from one side of the sheet to the other.
Ontology: GO: Cellular Component [GO:0070160]    QuickGO    AmiGO