The epithelial layer that lines the luminal space of the esophagus. [ MP:0000468 https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0-683-40008-8 ]
Synonyms: epithelium of oesophagus oesophagus epithelial tissue epithelial tissue of esophagus esophagus epithelium gullet epithelium esophageal epithelium epithelial tissue of gullet epithelium of gullet epithelial tissue of oesophagus gullet epithelial tissue esophagus epithelial tissue
Term information
- UMLS:C1179544 (ncithesaurus:Esophageal_Epithelium)
- MA:0001565
- EFO:0003041
- EHDAA2:0001287
- TAO:0001499
- BTO:0001578
- EMAPA:16835
- NCIT:C49221
- CALOHA:TS-0698
- ZFA:0001499
- FMA:63063
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core
TODO check epithelium types: in FMA: Nonkeratinizing stratified squamous epithelium; mouse has basal and squamous subtypes; in ZFA it is columnar
Term relations
- epithelium
- digestive tract epithelium
- epithelium of mucosa
- contributes to morphology of some esophagus
- part of some esophagus mucosa