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Lamina — A plate or layer. For example, the lamina arcus vertebrae, usually just called the lamina, are plates of bone in each vertebral body. * * * SYN: plate (1). SEE ALSO: layer, stratum. [L] l. affixa [TA] that part of the medial ependymal wall of the … Medical dictionary
limiting lamina anterior — l. limitans anterior corneae … Medical dictionary
Bowman lamina — l. limitans anterior corneae … Medical dictionary
Bowman layer — lamina limitans anterior corneae … Medical dictionary
Bowman membrane — lamina limitans anterior corneae … Medical dictionary
layer — A sheet of one substance lying on another and distinguished from it by a difference in texture or color or by not being continuous with it. SEE ALSO: stratum, lamina. SYN: panniculus. ameloblastic l. the internal l. of the enamel organ. SYN: enam … Medical dictionary
Bowman capsule etc. — Bow·man capsule, etc. (boґmən) [Sir William Bowman, English physician, 1816–1892] see under probe and tube; see capsular space, under space; and see capsula glomeruli, lamina limitans anterior corneae, musculus ciliaris, and glandulae… … Medical dictionary
Bowman's membrane — Infobox Anatomy Name = Bowman s membrane Latin = l. limitans anterior corneae GraySubject = 225 GrayPage = 1008 Caption = Vertical section of human cornea from near the margin. (Waldeyer.) Magnified. 1. Epithelium. 2. Anterior elastic lamina. 3.… … Wikipedia
Descemet's membrane — Vertical section of human cornea from near the margin. (Waldeyer.) Magnified. 1. Epithelium. 2. Anterior elastic lamina. 3. substantia propria. 4. Posterior elastic lamina. (Descemet s membrane) 5. Endothelium of the anterior chamber. a … Wikipedia
Descemet’s membrane — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = l. limitans posterior corneae GraySubject = 225 GrayPage = 1008 Caption = Vertical section of human cornea from near the margin. (Waldeyer.) Magnified. 1. Epithelium. 2. Anterior elastic lamina. 3.… … Wikipedia
