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