gingiva

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001828

The fibrous investing tissue, covered by keratinized epithelium, that immediately surrounds a tooth and is contiguous with its periodontal ligament and with the mucosal tissues of the mouth[Glossary of Periodontal Terms 2001]. [ http://openisbn.com/search.php?q=0013002015&isbn=1/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gingiva ]

Synonyms: gums, gum tissue, gum

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Subsets

uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim

UBPROP 0000007

gingival

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editor note

FMA has a 3-level breakdown of jaws into: region, jaw (skeleton+gums), skeleton.

has related synonym

gingival mucosa

has obo namespace

uberon

UBERON:0001828

prefLabel

Gingiva

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