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ELASTIC LAYER [2 records]

Record 1 2012-02-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Eye
CONT

Bruch's membrane (lamina vitrea) ... comprises five layers: the RPE [retinal pigment epithelium] basal lamina (0.3µm [micron] thick) (not truly part of the choroid); an inner collagenous zone; a middle elastic layer; an outer collagenous zone and the basement membrane of the endothelial cells in the choriocapillaris.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oeil
DEF

Couche externe de la membrane de Bruch.

OBS

Source MVISI-F : Le nouveau dictionnaire de la vision par Michel Millodot, Médiacom Vision Éditeur, 1997.

Spanish

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Record 2 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plate Tectonics
  • General Scientific and Technical Vocabulary
OBS

most further studies have tended to support the existence of an asthenosphere but obscured the role of the lithosphere as a continuous --.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique des plaques
  • Vocabulaire technique et scientifique général
OBS

le premier fait suggère l'existence d'une couche superficielle élastique et résistante (la lithosphère)

Spanish

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