corneal epithelium

Preferred Label : corneal epithelium;

Uberon definition : the smooth stratified squamous epithelium that covers the outer surface of the cornea;

Uberon synonym : cornea epithelial tissue; external epithelium of cornea; epithelial tissue of cornea; anterior corneal epithelium; epithelium anterius (cornea); epithelium of cornea; cornea epithelium; epithelium corneæ anterior layer;

Uberon related term : endothelium corneale; epithelium posterius corneae; endothelium anterius corneae; endothelium camerae anterioris bulbi; anterior endothelium of cornea;

Uberon Taxon note : In zebrafish: nonpigmented, stratified squamous nonkeratinizing epithelial cells, attached to a thick basement membrane that is considered to be analogous to the Bowman's membrane in mammals;

Details

Origin ID

0001772;

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]
- epithelium of cornea [Radlex concept]
- epithelium, corneal [MeSH Descriptor]
- epithelium, corneal [MeSH concept]
- external epithelium of cornea [SNOMED Notion]
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]
- epithelium of cornea [Radlex concept]
- epithelium, corneal [MeSH concept]
- epithelium, corneal [MeSH Descriptor]
- external epithelium of cornea [SNOMED Notion]
Uberon cross reference
- All corneal epithelium (body structure) [Inactive SNOMED CT concept]
- Corneal Epithelium [NCIt concept]
- Epithelium of cornea [FMA entity]
adjacent to
- bulbar conjunctiva [UBERON concept]
bounding layer of
- cornea [UBERON concept]
contributes to morphology of
- cornea [UBERON concept]
develops from
- external ectoderm [UBERON concept]
has part
- corneal epithelium [UBERON concept]
part of
- cornea [UBERON concept]
- corneal epithelium [UBERON concept]

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