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uvea

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the pigmented middle of the three concentric layers that make up an eye, consisting of the iris, ciliary body and choroid[WP,edited]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uvea ]

Term info

Label

uvea

Synonyms
  • tunica vasculosa of eyeball
  • uvea
  • uveal tract
database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, pheno_slim

latin term
tunica vasculosa bulbi [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uvea ]

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/Gray869.png

editor note

TODO - check child terms, isa vs partof. See also MA:0001284 ! tunica vasculosa plexus

has related synonym

pars iridica retinae, tunica vasculatis oculi, tunica vasculosa bulbi, vascular layer of eyeball

id

UBERON:0001768

present in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_7955