Single layer of endothelial cells on the surface of the cornea
Not to be confused with the corneal epithelium.
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Corneal endothelium
Vertical section of human cornea from near the margin. (Corneal endothelium is #5, labeled at bottom right.)
Details
Identifiers
Latin
epithelium posterius corneae
MeSH
D004728
TA98
A15.2.02.022
FMA
312267
Anatomical terminology
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The corneal endothelium is a single layer of endothelial cells on the inner surface of the cornea. It faces the chamber formed between the cornea and the iris.
The corneal endothelium are specialized, flattened, mitochondria-rich cells that line the posterior surface of the cornea and face the anterior chamber of the eye. The corneal endothelium governs fluid and solute transport across the posterior surface of the cornea and maintains the cornea in the slightly dehydrated state that is required for optical transparency.
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ectoderm forms the lens, corneal epithelium and eyelid. The extracellular mesenchyme forms the sclera, the cornealendothelium and stroma, blood vessels...
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