loading...| Preferred Name |
oral epithelium |
| Synonyms |
epithelium of mucosa of mouth epithelium of oral mucosa |
| 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. |
| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002424 |
| adjacent to | |
| database_cross_reference |
EMAPA:26942 EHDAA:2187 EHDAA2:0001325 CALOHA:TS-0715 TAO:0000816 XAO:0003201 VHOG:0000187 AAO:0010357 EMAPA:16839 FMA:265152 MA:0000344 ZFA:0000816 UMLS:C1709332 BTO:0001775 NCIT:C49595 |
| 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. |
| editor note |
consider including separate class for developmental structure (adult human is stratified; in EHDAA2 is unilaminar) |
| has_exact_synonym |
epithelium of mucosa of mouth epithelium of oral mucosa |
| has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
| id |
UBERON:0002424 |
| in_subset | |
| label |
oral epithelium |
| notation |
UBERON:0002424 |
| part_of | |
| prefLabel |
oral epithelium |
| 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]. |
| UBPROP_0000011 |
the avian oral epithelium has the developmental capacity to initiate tooth developmental programs with underlying grafts of non-avian oral ectomesenchyme |
| subClassOf |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0003350 |