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corneo-scleral junction

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the edge of the cornea where it joins the sclera; the limbus is a common site for the occurrence of corneal epithelial neoplasm [ ]

Term info

Label

corneo-scleral junction

Synonyms
  • cornea limbus
  • corneal limbus
  • corneal-scleral limbus
  • corneoscleral junction
  • limbus corneae
  • sclerocorneal junction
  • sclerocorneal limbus
database cross reference
Subsets

efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core

comment

This location has parts such as blood vessels etc. See PMC2868485, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2695343

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/Limbus.png

has related synonym

limbus corneae

id

UBERON:0006761