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eyeball (globe, bulbus oculi)
The eye proper without the appendages.
There are 3 layers:
1) external fibrous layer* consisting of:
a) sclera
b) cornea
2) middle vascular layer consisting of:
a) choroid
b) ciliary body
c) iris
3) internal neural layer or retina consisting of:
a) pigment cell layer
b) neural layer
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choroid
ciliary body
cornea (C, K)
iris of the eye (orris, I)
retina
sclera
General
eye structure
References
- Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
- Grant's Atlas of Anatomy, 10th edition, AMR Agur & MJ Lee (eds),
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 1999
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