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 lamina

See also: Bowman, Sir William

Bowman,

Sir William, English ophthalmologist, anatomist, and physiologist, 1816-1892.

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Bowman disk - disk resulting from transverse segmentation of striated muscular fiber treated with weak acids, certain alkaline solutions, or freezing.

Bowman eye knife

Bowman gland

Bowman iris needle

Bowman iris scissors

Bowman lacrimal dilator

Bowman lacrimal probe

Bowman membrane - Synonym(s): anterior limiting layer of cornea

Bowman muscle - Synonym(s): ciliary muscle

Bowman 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 space

Bowman strabismus scissors

Bowman theory - that urine is formed by passive filtration through the glomeruli and secretion by the epithelium of the tubules.