uveal coat
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Uvea — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = tunica vasculosa bulbi GraySubject = GrayPage = Caption = Horizontal section of the eyeball. (Iris labeled at top, ciliary body labeled at upper right, and choroid labeled at center right.) Caption2 =… … Wikipedia
uvea — noun The middle of the three concentric layers that make up the eye; it is pigmented and vascular, and comprises of the choroid, the ciliary body, and the iris. Syn: uveal coat, uveal layer, uveal tract, vascular tunic … Wiktionary
túnica úvea — Eng. Uveal coat Capa vascular del ojo … Diccionario de oftalmología
uvea — uveal, uveous, adj. /yooh vee euh/, n. Anat. the vascular tunic of the eye, comprising the iris, choroid coat, and ciliary body. [1515 25; < ML uvea, var. of L uva fruit of the vine, grape] * * * … Universalium
eye, human — ▪ anatomy Introduction specialized sense organ capable of receiving visual images, which are then carried to the brain. Anatomy of the visual apparatus Structures auxiliary to the eye The orbit The eye is protected from mechanical injury… … Universalium
Choroid — Schematic cross section of the human eye; choroid is shown in purple … Wikipedia
layer — A sheet of one substance lying on another and distinguished from it by a difference in texture or color or by not being continuous with it. SEE ALSO: stratum, lamina. SYN: panniculus. ameloblastic l. the internal l. of the enamel organ. SYN: enam … Medical dictionary
Sclera — The tough white outer coat over the eyeball that covers approximately the posterior five sixths of its surface. The sclera is continuous in the front of the eye with the cornea and in the back of the eye with the external sheath of the optic… … Medical dictionary
Uvea — Part of the eye, the uvea collectively refers to the iris, the choroid of the eye, and the ciliary body: {{}}The iris: The circular, colored curtain of the eye that surrounds the pupil. The choroid of the eye: The thin vascular middle layer of… … Medical dictionary
tunica vasculosa bulbi — [TA] vascular layer of eyeball: the middle, pigmented, vascular coat of the eye, comprising the choroid, the ciliary body, and the iris; called also uvea and uveal tract … Medical dictionary
