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periocular mesenchyme
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The mesenchymal cells that give rise to the corneal endothelium, corneal stroma, sclera, iris stroma, ciliary muscle, ciliary stroma, and trabecular meshwork of the eye[MP]. [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3709965 ]
Term info
Label
periocular mesenchyme
Subsets
pheno_slim
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uberon
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periocular mesenchyme
id
UBERON:0004017
taxon notes
Periocular mesenchyme (PM) is a mesencephalic neural crest derived cell population which as a result of an interaction with the retinal pigment epithelium forms the scleral cartilage of the avian eye