Preferred Name | pseudostratified columnar epithelium | |
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Definitions |
A simple columnar epithelium that looks stratified but is not, because its cells are arranged with their nuclei at different levels. |
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ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0010498 |
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database_cross_reference |
UMLS:C1514590 Wikipedia:Pseudostratified_columnar_epithelium NCIT:C49316 UMLS:C0836138 NCIT:C33419 FMA:45572 |
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uberon |
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UBERON:0010498 |
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label |
pseudostratified columnar epithelium |
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notation |
UBERON:0010498 |
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prefLabel |
pseudostratified columnar epithelium |
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textual definition |
A simple columnar epithelium that looks stratified but is not, because its cells are arranged with their nuclei at different levels. |
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UBPROP_0000009 |
Pseudostratified epithelia function in secretion or absorption. If a specimen looks stratified but has cilia, then it is a pseudostratified ciliated epithelium, since stratified epithelia do not have cilia. |
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UBPROP_0000012 |
glandular in NCIT; we consider the two NCIT terms synonymous |
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