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Sense Organs > Eye > Anterior Eye Segment > Cornea > Bowman Membrane
... > Body Regions > Head > Face > Eye > Anterior Eye Segment > Cornea > Bowman Membrane

Preferred term

Bowman Membrane  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Bowman's Membrane
  • Bowmans Membrane
  • Bowman's Membranes
  • Membrane, Bowman's
  • Membranes, Bowman's

Scope note

  • A layer of acellular matrix that lies beneath the CORNEAL EPITHELIUM and above the CORNEAL STROMA. It consists of randomly arranged COLLAGEN fibers in a condensed bed of intercellular substance. It provides stability and strength to the cornea.

History note

  • 2006

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D050541

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