loading...| Preferred Name | outer epithelium | |
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hypoderm hypodermis outer epithelial layer outer epidermal layer epidermis (sensu Metazoa) epidermis |
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The epidermis is the entire outer epithelial layer of an animal, it may be a single layer that produces an extracellular material (e.g. the cuticle of arthropods) or a complex stratified squamous epithelium, as in the case of many vertebrate species[GO]. |
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0007376 |
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outer epithelial layer outer epidermal layer epidermis (sensu Metazoa) epidermis |
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hypoderm hypodermis |
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outer epithelium |
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UBERON:0007376 |
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outer epithelium |
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| textual definition |
The epidermis is the entire outer epithelial layer of an animal, it may be a single layer that produces an extracellular material (e.g. the cuticle of arthropods) or a complex stratified squamous epithelium, as in the case of many vertebrate species[GO]. |
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