A tapetum lucidum that is part of the choroid. The choroidal tapetum lucidum lies immediately adjacent to the choriocapillaris and external to the retinal epithelium. [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14738502 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapetum_lucidum#Classification https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]
Synonyms: choroidal tapetum lucidum tapetum choroideae
Term information
we make the assumption that the BTO class belongs here rather than with the parent; the other type is the retinal type
Term relations
- tapetum lucidum of camera-type eye
- neural crest-derived structure
- part of some optic choroid
- adjacent to some retina