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Tissues > Epithelium > Basement Membrane > Descemet Membrane
Tissues > Membranes > Basement Membrane > Descemet Membrane
... > Body Regions > Head > Face > Eye > Anterior Eye Segment > Cornea > Descemet Membrane
Sense Organs > Eye > Anterior Eye Segment > Cornea > Descemet Membrane

Preferred term

Descemet Membrane  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • 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.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Descemet's Membrane
  • Lamina Elastica Posterior

In other languages

  • French

  • Lame limitante postérieure de la cornée
  • Membrane de Demours
  • Membrane de Descemet
  • Membrane de Duddel

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