Bruch's membrane
A transparent, nearly structureless innermost layer of the choroid in contact with the pigmented layer of the retina. [ MP:0005239 https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/issues/14 ]
Synonyms: lamina basalis (choroid), Bruch membrane, Bruch's basal membrane, lamina choroideae basalis, vitreous lamina
Term info
- MESH:D016570
- EMAPA:37450 (MA:th)
- SCTID:280652000
- Wikipedia:Bruch's_membrane
- GAID:914
- FMA:58438
- ZFA:0005562
pheno_slim, vertebrate_core
Bruch's membrane consists of five layers (from inside to outside): 1. the basement membrane of the retinal pigment epithelium; 2. the inner collagenous zone; 3. a central band of elastic fibers; 4. the outer collagenous zone; 5. the basement membrane of the choriocapillaris. The retinal pigment epithelium transports metabolic waste from the photoreceptors across Bruch's membrane to the choroid[WP]
Bruch's membrane is present by midterm in fetal development as an elastic sheet.
https://github.com/gkoutos, https://github.com/cmungall
basal lamina of choroid
lamina basilis
uberon
UBERON:0003957
Basal lamina of choroid, Bruch's membrane
https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/issues/14
Term relations
- acellular anatomical structure
- neural crest-derived structure
- adjacent_to some pigmented layer of retina
- part of some blood vessel layer of choroid
- has part some elastic fiber
- has part some basement membrane