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 lamina choroideae basalis Bruch's basal membrane vitreous lamina
Term information
- MESH:D016570
- Wikipedia:Bruch's_membrane
- EMAPA:37450 (MA:th)
- ZFA:0005562
- GAID:914
- SCTID:280652000
- FMA:58438
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]
Term relations
- acellular anatomical structure
- neural crest-derived structure
- part of some optic choroid
- has part some elastic fiber
- part of some blood vessel layer of choroid
- has part some basement membrane
- adjacent to some pigmented layer of retina