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Sense Organs > Eye > Anterior Eye Segment > Cornea > Descemet Membrane
... > Body Regions > Head > Face > Eye > Anterior Eye Segment > Cornea > Descemet Membrane
Tissues > Membranes > Basement Membrane > Descemet Membrane
... > Tissues > Body Fluid Compartments > Extracellular Space > Extracellular Matrix > Basement Membrane > Descemet Membrane
... > Fluids and Secretions > Body Fluids > Body Fluid Compartments > Extracellular Space > Extracellular Matrix > Basement Membrane > Descemet Membrane
... > Cells > Cellular Structures > Extracellular Space > Extracellular Matrix > Basement Membrane > Descemet Membrane

Preferred term

Descemet Membrane  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Descemet's Membrane
  • Descemets Membrane
  • Elastica Posterior, Lamina
  • Elastica Posteriors, Lamina
  • Lamina Elastica Posterior
  • Lamina Elastica Posteriors
  • Membrane, Descemet's
  • Posterior, Lamina Elastica
  • Posteriors, Lamina Elastica

Scope note

  • A layer of the cornea. It is the basal lamina of the CORNEAL ENDOTHELIUM (from which it is secreted) separating it from the CORNEAL STROMA. It is a homogeneous structure composed of fine collagenous filaments, and slowly increases in thickness with age.

History note

  • 2006 (1964)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D003886

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