Acellular anatomical structure composed of collagen, Descemet's membrane is secreted as a basement membrane of the corneal endothelium. Located between the stroma and the corneal endothelium, it is approximately 0.15 micrometer thick at 6 months post-fertilization. [ GOC:mh http://zfin.org/ZDB-PUB-050701-15 ORCiD:0000-0001-9114-8737 http://zfin.org/ZDB-PUB-061010-3 ]
Synonyms: posterior limiting membrane
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- Descemet's membrane
- acellular anatomical structure
- existence starts during or after some hatching:pec-fin
- part of some cornea