Bowman membrane


anterior limiting lamina of cornea

[TA] a transparent homogeneous acellular layer, 6-9 mcm thick, lying between the basal layer of the outer of stratified corneal epithelium and the substantia propria of the cornea; considered to be a basement membrane. Synonym(s): lamina limitans anterior corneae [TA], anterior elastic layer, anterior limiting layer of cornea, anterior limiting ring, Bowman layer, Bowman membrane, lamina elastica anterior, Schwalbe ring

an·ter·i·or e·las·tic lam·i·na of cor·ne·a

(an-tēr'ē-ŏr ĕ-las'tik lam'in-ă kōr'nē-ă) A homogeneous, acellular tissue layer just beneath the epithelium of the cornea.
Synonym(s): Bowman membrane, Bowman layer, lamina limitans anterior corneae.

Bowman membrane

The thin homogeneous membrane separating the corneal epithelium from the corneal substance. Synonym: anterior elastic lamina; Bowman laminaSee also: Bowman, Sir William

Bowman,

Sir William, English ophthalmologist, anatomist, and physiologist, 1816-1892. Bowman capsule - the expanded beginning of a nephron. Synonym(s): glomerular capsuleBowman disk - disk resulting from transverse segmentation of striated muscular fiber treated with weak acids, certain alkaline solutions, or freezing.Bowman eye knifeBowman glandBowman iris needleBowman iris scissorsBowman lacrimal dilatorBowman lacrimal probeBowman membrane - Synonym(s): anterior limiting layer of corneaBowman muscle - Synonym(s): ciliary muscleBowman probe - a double-ended probe for the lacrimal duct.Bowman space - the slitlike space between the visceral and parietal layers of the capsule of the renal corpuscle. Synonym(s): capsular spaceBowman strabismus scissorsBowman theory - that urine is formed by passive filtration through the glomeruli and secretion by the epithelium of the tubules.