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 information
- MA:0000344
- VHOG:0000187
- EMAPA:16839
- CALOHA:TS-0715
- FMA:265152
- ZFA:0000816
- BTO:0001775
- UMLS:C1709332 (ncithesaurus:Oral_Cavity_Epithelium)
- NCIT:C49595
- EHDAA2:0001325
- TAO:0000816
- AAO:0010357
- EHDAA:2187
- EMAPA:26942
- XAO:0003201
vertebrate_core
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].
the avian oral epithelium has the developmental capacity to initiate tooth developmental programs with underlying grafts of non-avian oral ectomesenchyme
consider including separate class for developmental structure (adult human is stratified; in EHDAA2 is unilaminar)
Term relations
- epithelium
- digestive tract epithelium
- epithelium of mucosa
- part of some mouth mucosa
- adjacent to some oral cavity