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pseudostratified columnar epithelium

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Term info

Label

pseudostratified columnar epithelium

database cross reference
definition

A simple columnar epithelium that looks stratified but is not, because its cells are arranged with their nuclei at different levels.

external ontology notes

glandular in NCIT; we consider the two NCIT terms synonymous

function notes

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.

id

UBERON:0010498

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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/cl.owl

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