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