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Cardiovascular System > Blood-Aqueous Barrier

Preferred term

Blood-Aqueous Barrier  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • The selectively permeable barrier, in the EYE, formed by the nonpigmented layer of the EPITHELIUM of the CILIARY BODY, and the ENDOTHELIUM of the BLOOD VESSELS of the IRIS. TIGHT JUNCTIONS joining adjacent cells keep the barrier between cells continuous.

Entry terms

  • Aqueous-Blood Barrier

In other languages

  • French

  • Barrière hémato-aqueuse
  • Barrière hémo-aqueuse
  • Barrière hémoaqueuse
  • Barrière sang-humeur aqueuse

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-T5JZBK60-3

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