part of part of adjacent to adjacent to oral cavity epithelium oral epithelium TAO:0000816 EHDAA2:0001325 EMAPA:26942 XAO:0003201 the avian oral epithelium has the developmental capacity to initiate tooth developmental programs with underlying grafts of non-avian oral ectomesenchyme UBERON:0002424 CALOHA:TS-0715 EHDAA:2187 BTO:0001775 EMAPA:16839 MA:0000344 FMA:265152 epithelium of oral mucosa NCIT:C49595 VHOG:0000187 ZFA:0000816 UMLS:C1709332 consider including separate class for developmental structure (adult human is stratified; in EHDAA2 is unilaminar) epithelium of mucosa of mouth 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. AAO:0010357 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]. epithelium of mucosa mouth mucosa digestive tract epithelium