Task: Class Definition Understanding (ontology: Sciences/Biology)

Which of the following definitions best describes 'anterior limiting lamina of cornea'?

A. The group of sensory neuron cell bodies associated with the facial nerve (seventh cranial nerve).
B. Opaque fibrous outer layer of the eyeball[ZFA,Kardong,WP].
C. A transparent homogeneous acellular layer, 6 to 9 um thick, lying between the basal lamina of the outer layer of stratified epithelium and the substantia propria of the cornea; it is considered to be a basement membrane.
D. A plexus of autonomic nerve fibers within the wall of the digestive tube, and made up of the submucosal, myenteric, and subserosal plexuses; it contains visceral afferent fibers, sympathetic postganglionic fibers, parasympathetic preganglionic and postganglionic fibers, and parasympathetic postganglionic cell bodies.

Answer: A transparent homogeneous acellular layer, 6 to 9 um thick, lying between the basal lamina of the outer layer of stratified epithelium and the substantia propria of the cornea; it is considered to be a basement membrane.