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oral epithelium

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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. [ https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]

Synonyms: epithelium of oral mucosa, epithelium of mucosa of mouth

Term info

database cross reference
  • MA:0000344
  • CALOHA:TS-0715
  • EMAPA:16839
  • XAO:0003201
  • FMA:265152
  • AAO:0010357
  • UMLS:C1709332 (ncithesaurus:Oral_Cavity_Epithelium)
  • EHDAA:2187
  • TAO:0000816
  • EHDAA2:0001325
  • VHOG:0000187
  • BTO:0001775
  • EMAPA:26942
  • ZFA:0000816
  • NCIT:C49595
Subsets

vertebrate_core

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

editor note

consider including separate class for developmental structure (adult human is stratified; in EHDAA2 is unilaminar)

id

UBERON:0002424

prefLabel

oral epithelium