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corneal epithelium

squamous epithelium that covers the outer surface of the cornea
Class type of: stratified squamous epithelium, atypical epithelium, particular anatomical entity Q2040445

Facts

6 properties
Instance of
tissue, class of anatomical entity[2]
Subclass of
stratified squamous epithelium, atypical epithelium, particular anatomical entity[3][4][5]
Part of
cornea[6]
Anatomical location
cornea[7]
Described by source
Gray's Anatomy (20th edition)[8]
NCI Thesaurus ID
C12928[9]
🏷️ Also known as
en anterior corneal epithelium en corneal epithelium en Epithelium, Corneal ar ظهارة القرنية es Epitelio corneal fr épithélium cornéen he אפיתל הקרנית ja 角膜上皮 ru эпителий роговицы uk Епітеліальний шар рогівки
🔖 Identifiers · 13
OpenAlex ID
C2779257441
Brenda Tissue Ontology ID
BTO:0000287
Foundational Model of Anatomy ID
58263
Freebase ID
/m/0ddnzn
MeSH descriptor ID
D019573
MeSH tree code
A09.371.060.217.325, A10.272.510
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2779257441
Store medisinske leksikon ID
hornhinneepitel
TA98 Latin term
epithelium anterius
Terminologia Anatomica 98 ID
A15.2.02.018
UBERON ID
0001772
UMLS CUI
C0459875
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Wellcome Collection concept ID
q8pxvvb4

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🔗 Connections
Anatomical location 1
cornea
Belongs to 1
cornea
Instance of 1
tissue
Part of 1
cornea
Subclass of 1
stratified squamous epithelium
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Summary

corneal epithelium is a tissue[1].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . bartleby.com. Retrieved . bartleby.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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