outer epithelium
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0007376
The epidermis is the entire outer epithelial layer of an animal, it may be a single layer that produces an extracellular material (e.g. the cuticle of arthropods) or a complex stratified squamous epithelium, as in the case of many vertebrate species[GO]. [ http://amigo.geneontology.org/amigo/term/GO:0008544 ]
Synonyms: epidermis (sensu Metazoa), outer epidermal layer, outer epithelial layer, epidermis
Term info
- TADS:0000109
- BTO:0000313
- BSA:0000073
- Wikipedia:Epidermis_(zoology)
- HAO:0000298
- FBbt:00004993
- WBbt:0005733
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epidermis_(zoology)
grouping_class
this grouping class exists primarily to align with GO - see GO:0008544.
hypodermis, hypoderm
uberon
UBERON:0007376
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon.owl, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/cl.owl
Term relations
- epithelium and bounding layer of some multicellular organism and develops from some enveloping layer of ectoderm
- surface structure
- ecto-epithelium
- develops from some enveloping layer of ectoderm
- bounding layer of some multicellular organism