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Descemet's membrane
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A transparent homogeneous acellular layer found between the substantia propria and the endothelial layer of the cornea[MP]. [ https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/issues/15 ]
Term info
Label
Descemet's membrane
Synonyms
- Descemet membrane
- Descemet's posterior elastic lamina
- lamina limitans posterior
- lamina limitans posterior corneae
- posterior limiting lamina
- posterior limiting lamina of cornea
- posterior limiting membrane
Subsets
pheno_slim, vertebrate_core
comment
The strong, resistant, thin, noncellular fourth layer of the cornea, located between the endothelium (from which it is secreted) and the stroma. (Cline et al., Dictionary of Visual Science, 4th ed)
contributor
https://github.com/gkoutos, https://github.com/cmungall
external definition
Acellular anatomical structure composed of collagen, Descemet's membrane is secreted as a basement membrane of the corneal endothelium. Located between the stroma and the corneal endothelium, it is approximately 0.15 micrometer thick at 6 months post-fertilization.[ZFIN]
has obo namespace
uberon
id
UBERON:0004367
see also
https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/issues/15
Term relations
Equivalent to:
- basement membrane of epithelium and part of some cornea and adjacent_to some substantia propria of cornea and adjacent_to some corneal endothelium
Subclass of:
- basement membrane of epithelium
- neural crest-derived structure
- part of some cornea
- produced by some corneal endothelium
- adjacent_to some corneal endothelium
- adjacent_to some substantia propria of cornea
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