The smooth stratified squamous epithelium that covers the outer surface of the cornea. [ http://www.informatics.jax.org/accession/smb MP:0006000 MESH:A09.371.060.217.325 ]
Synonyms: epithelial tissue of cornea cornea epithelial tissue epithelium of cornea external epithelium of cornea epithelium corneæ anterior layer epithelium anterius corneae epithelium anterius (cornea) anterior corneal epithelium cornea epithelium
Term information
- FMA:58263
- ZFA:0001683
- UMLS:C0459875 (ncithesaurus:Corneal_Epithelium)
- EHDAA2:0000319
- TAO:0002187
- GAID:895
- EMAPA:17162
- NCIT:C12928
- MA:0001243
- BTO:0000287
- SCTID:368825001
- MESH:D019573
- Wikipedia:Corneal_epithelium
- CALOHA:TS-0173
- EFO:0001917
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core, human_reference_atlas
Portion of tissue comprised of four to six layers of nonkeratinized, stratified squamous cells and represents approximately 60% of the thickness of the cornea.[TAO]
In zebrafish: 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
In Humans: It consists of several layers of cells. The cells of the deepest layer are columnar; then follow two or three layers of polyhedral cells, the majority of which are prickle cells similar to those found in the stratum mucosum of the cuticle. Lastly, there are three or four layers of squamous cells, with flattened nuclei
endothelium corneale
endothelium camerae anterioris bulbi
epithelium posterius corneae
e. anterius corneae
anterior endothelium of cornea
endothelium anterius corneae
Term relations
- epithelium
- eye epithelium
- contributes to morphology of some cornea
- develops from some external ectoderm
- bounding layer of some cornea