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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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0010498 |
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database_cross_reference |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudostratified_columnar_epithelium http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C49316 http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0836138 http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C33419 http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C1514590 FMA:45572 UMLS:C0836138 UMLS:C1514590 |
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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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external_ontology_notes |
glandular in NCIT; we consider the two NCIT terms synonymous |
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function_notes |
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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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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