Epithelium which consists of more than one layer of epithelial cells that may or may not be in contact with a basement membrane. Examples: keratinized stratified squamous epithelium, ciliated stratified columnar epithelium.[FMA]. [ FMA:FMA http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratified_epithelium http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9114-8737 ]
Synonyms: stratified epithelium
Term information
- AAO:0010059
- FMA:45562
- UMLS:C0682575 (ncithesaurus:Stratified_Epithelium)
- Wikipedia:Stratified_epithelium
- XAO:0004006
- AEO:0000069
- HAO:0000069
- SCTID:309044005
- EHDAA2:0003069
- ZFA:0001494
- NCIT:C33622
- TAO:0001494
- CARO:0000069
- BTO:0002074
- BILA:0000069
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