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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
Subsets
pheno_slim, vertebrate_core
external definition
Acellular anatomical structure that is the zone of collagen fibers adjacent the basement membrane of the corneal epithelium.[TAO]
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uberon
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
Term relations
Equivalent to:
- basement membrane of epithelium and part of some cornea and attaches_to some corneal epithelium
Subclass of:
- basement membrane of epithelium
- neural crest-derived structure
- part of some cornea
- attaches_to some corneal epithelium