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Mucosa vs Epithelium - What's the difference?

mucosa | epithelium |

As nouns the difference between mucosa and epithelium

is that mucosa is (anatomy) a mucous membrane while epithelium is epithelium.

mucosa

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (anatomy) A mucous membrane.

    • Synonyms

    * mucous membrane

    Derived terms

    * submucosa

    epithelium

    English

    (wikipedia epithelium)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (anatomy) A membranous tissue composed of one or more layers of cells which forms the covering of most internal and external surfaces of the body and its organs: internally including the lining of vessels and other small cavities, and externally being the skin.
  • * 1969 , Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor , Penguin 2011, p. 25:
    • the passenger's roving eyes paused for a moment as he listened inwardly to a nether itch, which he supposed to be (correctly, thank Log) only a minor irritation of the epithelium .

    Synonyms

    * epithelial tissue

    Derived terms

    * epithelial

    See also

    * endothelium * epidermis English nouns with irregular plurals