'pulmonary alveolus epithelium' might not be a 'simple squamous epithelium'

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'pulmonary alveolus epithelium' might not be a 'simple squamous epithelium' #3350

Open aleixpuigb opened 1 month ago

aleixpuigb commented 1 month ago

Uberon term pulmonary alveolus epithelium

Suggested revision and reasons pulmonary alveolus epithelium also contain non-squamous cells (pulmonary alveolar type 2 cell).

aleixpuigb commented 1 month ago

On second thoughts, a tissue that is composed 95% by squamous cells might be squamous. In that case, the problem resides in CL to classify a squamous cell any epithelial cell that is part of a squamous epithelium.