corneal epithelium
The smooth stratified squamous epithelium that covers the outer surface of the cornea. [ http://www.informatics.jax.org/accession/smb MESH:A09.371.060.217.325 MP:0006000 ]
Synonyms: epithelial tissue of cornea, cornea epithelial tissue, epithelium of cornea, external epithelium of cornea, epithelium anterius corneae, epithelium corneƦ anterior layer, epithelium anterius (cornea), anterior corneal epithelium, cornea epithelium
Term info
- Wikipedia:Corneal_epithelium
- MA:0001243
- CALOHA:TS-0173
- ZFA:0001683
- TAO:0002187
- GAID:895
- EFO:0001917
- FMA:58263
- MESH:D019573
- EMAPA:17162
- EHDAA2:0000319
- BTO:0000287
- NCIT:C12928
- UMLS:C0459875 (ncithesaurus:Corneal_Epithelium)
- SCTID:368825001
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core, human_reference_atlas
Portion of tissue comprised of four to six layers of nonkeratinized, stratified squamous cells and represents approximately 60% of the thickness of the cornea.[TAO]
In zebrafish: nonpigmented, stratified squamous nonkeratinizing epithelial cells, attached to a thick basement membrane that is considered to be analogous to the Bowman's membrane in mammals, In Humans: It consists of several layers of cells. The cells of the deepest layer are columnar; then follow two or three layers of polyhedral cells, the majority of which are prickle cells similar to those found in the stratum mucosum of the cuticle. Lastly, there are three or four layers of squamous cells, with flattened nuclei
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/Gray871.png
endothelium corneale, endothelium camerae anterioris bulbi, epithelium posterius corneae, e. anterius corneae, endothelium anterius corneae, anterior endothelium of cornea
uberon
UBERON:0001772
Corneal epithelium, corneal epithelium
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606
Term relations
- eye epithelium
- neural crest-derived structure
- part of some cornea
- develops from some external ectoderm
- contributes to morphology of some cornea
- bounding layer of some cornea