A layer of epithelial cells that is part of the eye. [ http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]
Synonyms: epithelial tissue of lens epithelium lentis eye lens epithelium eye lens epithelial tissue lens epithelium epithelial tissue of eye lens lens epithelial tissue epithelium of eye lens
Term information
- TAO:0001326
- Wikipedia:Lens_(anatomy)#Lens_Epithelium
- MA:0001301
- XAO:0004094
- ZFA:0001326
- EMAPA:32871
- BTO:0001873
- FMA:58871
- SCTID:362523006
- CALOHA:TS-0543
pheno_slim, vertebrate_core, human_reference_atlas
this class is the superclass of the anterior epithelium and equatorial epithlium, although the term 'lens epithelium' may refer specifically to the former
Term relations
- epithelium
- simple cuboidal epithelium
- eye epithelium
- part of some lens of camera-type eye
- contributes to morphology of some lens of camera-type eye