The smooth stratified squamous epithelium that covers the outer surface of the cornea. [ http://www.informatics.jax.org/accession/smb MESH:A09.371.060.217.325 MP:0006000 ]
Synonyms: epithelial tissue of cornea cornea epithelial tissue epithelium of cornea external epithelium of cornea epithelium corneæ anterior layer epithelium anterius (cornea) anterior corneal epithelium cornea epithelium
Term information
- EMAPA:17162
- EFO:0001917
- Wikipedia:Corneal_epithelium
- MESH:D019573
- MA:0001243
- CALOHA:TS-0173
- EHDAA2:0000319
- FMA:58263
- NCIT:C12928
- ZFA:0001683
- GAID:895
- TAO:0002187
- BTO:0000287
- SCTID:368825001
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core, human_reference_atlas
endothelium corneale
endothelium camerae anterioris bulbi
epithelium posterius corneae
anterior endothelium of cornea
endothelium anterius corneae
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