Horny layer of epidermis

Preferred Label : Horny layer of epidermis;

FMA definition : Layer of epidermis proper, each instance of which is the outermost layer of some epidermis consisting of some cells that are dead (corneocytes) and desquamating.;

Synonyme FMA : Stratum corneum of epidermis;

Details

Origin ID

67545;

UMLS CUI

C0221921;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Stratum Corneum [NCIt concept]
- Stratum corneum structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- stratum corneum [SNOMED Notion]
- stratum corneum of epidermis [UBERON concept]
Constitutional part
- Corneocyte [FMA entity]
Constitutional part of
- Epidermis proper [FMA entity]
Semantic type(s)
- Tissue [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Stratum Corneum [NCIt concept]
- Stratum corneum structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- stratum corneum [SNOMED Notion]
- stratum corneum of epidermis [UBERON concept]

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