epithelium of cornea

Preferred Label : epithelium of cornea;

RADLEX synonyms : corneal epithelium;

Definition : Stratified squamous epithelium that covers the outer surface of the cornea. It is smooth and contains many free nerve endings. [MeSH];

UMLS CUI (RADLEX) : C0459875;

Details

Origin ID

RID9611;

UMLS CUI

C0459875;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- All corneal epithelium (body structure) [Inactive SNOMED CT concept]
- Corneal Epithelium [NCIt concept]
- Epithelium of cornea [FMA entity]
- Structure of corneal epithelium (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- corneal epithelium [UBERON concept]
- epithelium, corneal [MeSH Descriptor]
- epithelium, corneal [MeSH concept]
- external epithelium of cornea [SNOMED Notion]
Part of
- cornea [Radlex 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, corneal [MeSH Descriptor]
- epithelium, corneal [MeSH concept]
- external epithelium of cornea [SNOMED Notion]

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