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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
database cross reference
Subsets

grouping_class

editor note

this grouping class exists primarily to align with GO - see GO:0008544.

has related synonym

hypodermis, hypoderm

id

UBERON:0007376