corneal epithelium
the smooth stratified squamous epithelium that covers the outer surface of the cornea [ http://www.informatics.jax.org/accession/smb ]
Term info
corneal epithelium
- anterior corneal epithelium
- cornea epithelial tissue
- cornea epithelium
- epithelial tissue of cornea
- epithelium anterius (cornea)
- epithelium anterius corneae
- epithelium corneƦ anterior layer
- epithelium of cornea
- external epithelium of cornea
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Portion of tissue comprised of four to six layers of nonkeratinized, stratified squamous cells and represents approximately 60% of the thickness of the cornea.[TAO]
uberon
endothelium corneale, endothelium camerae anterioris bulbi, epithelium posterius corneae, e. anterius corneae, endothelium anterius corneae, anterior endothelium of cornea
UBERON:0001772
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, In Humans: It consists of several layers of cells. The cells of the deepest layer are columnar; then follow two or three layers of polyhedral cells, the majority of which are prickle cells similar to those found in the stratum mucosum of the cuticle. Lastly, there are three or four layers of squamous cells, with flattened nuclei
Term relations
- eye epithelium
- material entity
- neural crest-derived structure
- part of some cornea
- develops from some external ectoderm
- contributes to morphology of some cornea
- bounding layer of some cornea