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Bowman`s membrane

Bowman`s membrane logo #21000 The Bowman`s membrane (Bowman`s layer, anterior limiting lamina, anterior elastic lamina) is a smooth, acellular, nonregenerating layer, located between the superficial epithelium and the stroma in the cornea of the eye. It is composed of strong, randomly oriented collagen fibrils in which the smooth anterior surface faces the epithelial basemen.....
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Bowman`s membrane

Bowman`s membrane logo #21003(from the article `eye, human`) The outermost coat is made up of the cornea and the sclera. The cornea is the transparent window of the eye. It contains five distinguishable layers; ...
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Bowman's membrane

BowmanSynonym for anterior limiting layer of cornea ... A transparent homogeneous acellular layer, 6 to 9 um thick, lying between the basal lamina of the outer layer of stratified epithelium and the substantia propria of the cornea; considered to be a basement membrane. ... Synonym: lamina limitans anterior corneae, anterior elastic layer, Bowman's membr...
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