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anterior limiting lamina of cornea

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A transparent homogeneous acellular layer, 6 to 9 um thick, lying between the basal lamina of the outer layer of stratified epithelium and the substantia propria of the cornea; it is considered to be a basement membrane. [ ]

Term info

Label

anterior limiting lamina of cornea

Synonyms
  • Bowman's anterior elastic lamina
  • Bowman's layer
  • Bowman's membrane
  • anterior elastic lamina
  • anterior limiting lamina
  • anterior limiting lamina of cornea
  • lamina limitans anterior (cornea)
  • lamina limitans anterior corneae
database cross reference
Subsets

pheno_slim, vertebrate_core

latin term
lamina limitans anterior corneae [ FMA : 58273 FMA : TA ]

external definition

Acellular anatomical structure that is the zone of collagen fibers adjacent the basement membrane of the corneal epithelium.[TAO]

has related synonym

anterior limiting membrane, Reichert's membrane

id

UBERON:0004370

taxon notes

Compared to terrestial animals, the cornea of zebrafish is relatively flat. It consists of 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