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outer epithelium
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The epidermis is the entire outer epithelial layer of an animal, it may be a single layer that produces an extracellular material (e.g. the cuticle of arthropods) or a complex stratified squamous epithelium, as in the case of many vertebrate species[GO]. [ http://amigo.geneontology.org/amigo/term/GO:0008544 ]
Term info
Label
outer epithelium
Synonyms
- epidermis
- epidermis (sensu Metazoa)
- outer epidermal layer
- outer epithelial layer
Subsets
grouping_class
editor note
this grouping class exists primarily to align with GO - see GO:0008544.
has obo namespace
uberon
has related synonym
hypodermis, hypoderm
id
UBERON:0007376
Term relations
Equivalent to:
- epithelium and bounding layer of some multicellular organism and develops from some enveloping layer of ectoderm