loading...| Preferred Name |
outer epithelium |
| Synonyms |
epidermis hypodermis outer epidermal layer hypoderm epidermis (sensu Metazoa) outer epithelial layer |
| 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]. |
| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0007376 |
| 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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| has_exact_synonym |
epidermis outer epidermal layer epidermis (sensu Metazoa) outer epithelial layer |
| has_related_synonym |
hypodermis hypoderm |
| label |
outer epithelium |
| prefixIRI |
UBERON:0007376 |
| prefLabel |
outer epithelium |
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