Descemet's membrane

Preferred Label : Descemet's membrane;

Uberon definition : A transparent homogeneous acellular layer found between the substantia propria and the endothelial layer of the cornea[MP].;

Uberon synonym : posterior limiting lamina; Descemet membrane; posterior limiting membrane; Descemet's posterior elastic lamina; posterior limiting lamina of cornea; lamina limitans posterior;

Details

Origin ID

0004367;

UMLS CUI

C0011665;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Descemet's Membrane [NCIt concept]
- Posterior limiting lamina of cornea [FMA entity]
- Structure of Descemet's membrane (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- descemet membrane [MeSH concept]
- descemet membrane [MeSH Descriptor]
- descemet's posterior elastic lamina [SNOMED Notion]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Descemet's Membrane [NCIt concept]
- Posterior limiting lamina of cornea [FMA entity]
- Structure of Descemet's membrane (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- descemet membrane [MeSH concept]
- descemet membrane [MeSH Descriptor]
- descemet's posterior elastic lamina [SNOMED Notion]
Uberon cross reference
- Descemet's Membrane [NCIt concept]
- Entire Descemet's membrane (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Posterior limiting lamina of cornea [FMA entity]
adjacent to
- corneal endothelium [UBERON concept]
- substantia propria of cornea [UBERON concept]
part of
- cornea [UBERON concept]
produced by
- corneal endothelium [UBERON concept]

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