outer limiting layer of retina

Term ID

UBERON:0001788

Synonyms

• blood retina barrier
• BRB
• external limiting lamina of retina
• external limiting membrane
• external limiting membrane of retina
• outer limiting membrane
• outer limiting membrane of retina
• outer limiting membranes
• retina external limiting lamina
• retina outer limiting membrane
• stratum limitans externum (retina)

Definition

The row of jucntional complexes between the plasma membranes of rod segments and the Muller glia cells; this barrier separates the layer of inner and outer segments of the rods and cones from the outer nuclear layer and forms a blood-retina barrier[MP]. https://github.com/obophenotype/mammalian-phenotype-ontology/issues/2109

References

• EMAPA:36518
• MA:0001309
• NCIT:C33235
• TAO:0001331
• UMLS:C1518685
• XAO:0003224
• ZFA:0001331
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/External_limiting_membrane
• http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C1518685
• http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/280676008

Ontology

Uberon Ontology