loading...| Preferred Name |
outer epithelium |
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| Synonyms |
outer epithelial layer outer epidermal layer epidermis (sensu Metazoa) epidermis |
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| Definitions |
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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| has exact synonym |
outer epithelial layer outer epidermal layer epidermis (sensu Metazoa) epidermis |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epidermis_(zoology) TADS:0000109 FBbt:00004993 WBbt:0005733 BSA:0000073 HAO:0000298 BTO:0000313 |
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http://purl.oboInOwllibrary.org/oboInOwl/uberon/core#grouping_class |
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outer epithelium |
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| prefixIRI |
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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