epithelium, corneal

Preferred Label : epithelium, corneal;

MeSH definition : Stratified squamous epithelium that covers the outer surface of the CORNEA. It is smooth and contains many free nerve endings.;

MeSH synonym : anterior corneal epithelium; epithelium, anterior corneal; corneal epithelium, anterior; corneal epithelium;

MeSH annotation : do not confuse with ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; do not confuse X ref ANTERIOR CORNEAL EPITHELIUM with ANTERIOR CHAMBER EPITHELIUM see ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; do not confuse with ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; do not confuse entry term ANTERIOR CORNEAL EPITHELIUM with ANTERIOR CHAMBER EPITHELIUM see ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL;

Details

Origin ID

D019573;

UMLS CUI

C0459875;

Allowable qualifiers
- abnormalities [MeSH Qualifier]
- anatomy and histology [MeSH Qualifier]
- blood supply [MeSH Qualifier]
- chemistry [MeSH Qualifier]
- cytology [MeSH Qualifier]
- diagnostic imaging [MeSH Qualifier]
- drug effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- embryology [MeSH Qualifier]
- enzymology [MeSH Qualifier]
- growth and development [MeSH Qualifier]
- immunology [MeSH Qualifier]
- injuries [MeSH Qualifier]
- innervation [MeSH Qualifier]
- metabolism [MeSH Qualifier]
- microbiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- parasitology [MeSH Qualifier]
- pathology [MeSH Qualifier]
- physiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- physiopathology [MeSH Qualifier]
- radiation effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- surgery [MeSH Qualifier]
- transplantation [MeSH Qualifier]
- ultrastructure [MeSH Qualifier]
- virology [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- All corneal epithelium (body structure) [Inactive SNOMED CT concept]
- Corneal epithelium finding (finding) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Epithelium of cornea [FMA entity]
- Structure of corneal epithelium (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- corneal epithelium [UBERON concept]
- epithelium of cornea [Radlex concept]
- external epithelium of cornea [SNOMED Notion]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Corneal Epithelium [NCIt concept]
Record concept(s)
- epithelium, corneal [MeSH concept]
Related MeSH Supplementary Concept(s)
- epithelial recurrent erosion dystrophy [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Tissue [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Corneal Epithelium [NCIt concept]
- Epithelium of cornea [FMA entity]
- Structure of corneal epithelium (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- corneal epithelium [UBERON concept]
- epithelium of cornea [Radlex concept]
- external epithelium of cornea [SNOMED Notion]

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