pseudostratified columnar epithelium
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0010498
A simple columnar epithelium that looks stratified but is not, because its cells are arranged with their nuclei at different levels. [ http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/pseudostratified+epithelium http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudostratified_columnar_epithelium ]
Term info
- NCIT:C49316
- UMLS:C1514590 (ncithesaurus:Pseudostratified_Epithelium)
- NCIT:C33419
- UMLS:C0836138 (ncithesaurus:Pseudostratified_Columnar_Epithelium)
- FMA:45572
- Wikipedia:Pseudostratified_columnar_epithelium
Pseudostratified epithelia function in secretion or absorption. If a specimen looks stratified but has cilia, then it is a pseudostratified ciliated epithelium, since stratified epithelia do not have cilia.
glandular in NCIT; we consider the two NCIT terms synonymous
uberon
UBERON:0010498
Pseudostratified columnar epithelium