stratified squamous epithelium
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0006915
Multilaminar epithelium which consists of more than one layer of squamous cells only one layer of which is in contact with a basement membrane. Examples: keratinized stratified squamous epithelium, epithelium of wall of esophagus.[FMA]. [ FMA:45563 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratified_squamous_epithelium ]
Synonyms: epithelium stratificatum squamosum
Term info
- Wikipedia:Stratified_squamous_epithelium
- NCIT:C13180
- FMA:45563
- UMLS:C0836131 (ncithesaurus:Stratified_Squamous_Epithelium)
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uberon
UBERON:0006915
Stratified squamous epithelium