Subcapsular Epithelium of the Lens

Preferred Label : Subcapsular Epithelium of the Lens;

NCIt definition : One of the 4 layers of the crystalline lens. It is found between the anterior surface of the capsule and the cortex. It is simple cuboidal epithelium responsible for creating new cells for the lens.;

Details

Origin ID

C33641;

UMLS CUI

C1182652;

Anatomic structure is physical part of
- Lens [NCIt concept]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- lens anterior epithelium [UBERON concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Subcapsular lens epithelium [FMA entity]
Semantic type(s)
- Tissue [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Subcapsular lens epithelium [FMA entity]
- lens anterior epithelium [UBERON concept]

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