Preferred Name | oral epithelium | |
Synonyms |
epithelium of mucosa of mouth epithelium of oral mucosa |
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Definitions |
An epithelium that is part of the mouth and lines the oral cavity, typically stratified squamous, and may be para-, ortho- or non- keratinized. Primary barrier between oral environment and deeper tissues. |
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ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002424 |
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adjacent to | ||
database_cross_reference |
EHDAA2:0001325 UMLS:C1709332 TAO:0000816 EMAPA:16839 CALOHA:TS-0715 XAO:0003201 EMAPA:26942 ZFA:0000816 AAO:0010357 VHOG:0000187 BTO:0001775 NCIT:C49595 EHDAA:2187 FMA:265152 MA:0000344 |
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definition |
An epithelium that is part of the mouth and lines the oral cavity, typically stratified squamous, and may be para-, ortho- or non- keratinized. Primary barrier between oral environment and deeper tissues. |
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editor note |
consider including separate class for developmental structure (adult human is stratified; in EHDAA2 is unilaminar) |
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has exact synonym |
epithelium of mucosa of mouth epithelium of oral mucosa |
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has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
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id |
UBERON:0002424 |
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in_subset | ||
label |
oral epithelium |
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notation |
UBERON:0002424 |
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part_of | ||
prefixIRI |
UBERON:0002424 |
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prefLabel |
oral epithelium |
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treeView | ||
UBPROP_0000001 |
The epithelium that lines the oral cavity. The oral epithelium epithelial cells with many short microvilli as well as mucous cells, rodlet cells and taste buds[ZFIN:ZDB-PUB-060921-12, ZFIN:ZDB-PUB-091204-24]. |
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UBPROP_0000011 |
the avian oral epithelium has the developmental capacity to initiate tooth developmental programs with underlying grafts of non-avian oral ectomesenchyme |
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subClassOf |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0003929 |