simple columnar epithelium pseudostratified columnar epithelium NCIT:C33419 glandular in NCIT; we consider the two NCIT terms synonymous NCIT:C49316 UMLS:C0836138 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. UMLS:C1514590 UBERON:0010498 Wikipedia:Pseudostratified_columnar_epithelium FMA:45572 A simple columnar epithelium that looks stratified but is not, because its cells are arranged with their nuclei at different levels.