The smooth stratified squamous epithelium that covers the outer surface of the cornea. [ http://www.informatics.jax.org/accession/smb MESH:A09.371.060.217.325 MP:0006000 ]
Synonyms: epithelial tissue of cornea cornea epithelial tissue epithelium of cornea external epithelium of cornea epithelium anterius corneae epithelium corneƦ anterior layer epithelium anterius (cornea) cornea epithelium anterior corneal epithelium
Term information
- MA:0001243
- GAID:895
- CALOHA:TS-0173
- EHDAA2:0000319
- MESH:D019573
- EMAPA:17162
- TAO:0002187
- SCTID:368825001
- Wikipedia:Corneal_epithelium
- BTO:0000287
- FMA:58263
- NCIT:C12928
- EFO:0001917
- ZFA:0001683
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core, human_reference_atlas
endothelium corneale
endothelium camerae anterioris bulbi
epithelium posterius corneae
e. anterius corneae
endothelium anterius corneae
anterior endothelium of cornea
Term relations
- epithelium
- eye epithelium
- neural crest-derived structure
- contributes to morphology of some cornea
- develops from some external ectoderm
- bounding layer of some cornea