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 ]
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Term information
database cross reference
- null:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epidermis_(zoology)
- BTO:0000313
- BSA:0000073
- WBbt:0005733
- HAO:0000298
- FBbt:00004993
- TADS:0000109
Subsets
grouping_class
indicates that a synonym is used in an inconsistent or confusing way, typically between species
hypoderm
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BTO:0000313
]
Term relations
Subclass of:
- surface structure
- ecto-epithelium
- develops from some enveloping layer of ectoderm
- bounding layer of some multicellular organism
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