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What is the medical term meaning junction between the cornea and the sclera?
limbus
What is the name of the opaque tissue surrounding the cornea?
sclera
What transparent layer in the eye helps to bend light?
The lens bends light that has entered the eye through the cornea and focuses it onto the retina at the back of the eye.
What lens is found in the eye?
The lens that is found in the eye is called the lens.The lens is a transparent structure in the eye that, along with the cornea, helps to refract light to be focused on the retina.
The dense fibrous connective tissue of eye called?
If you are working the April 12 NYT crossword puzzle, I believe the answer is sclera
What is the medical term meaning junction between the cornea and the sclera?
limbus
How does the thickness of the cornea compare to the thickness of the sclera?
The sclera is double the thickness of the cornea. The center of the cornea is thinnest, followed by the periphery, then sclera.
How does the thickness of the cornea compare to thickness of the sclera?
The sclera is double the thickness of the cornea. The center of the cornea is thinnest, followed by the periphery, then sclera.
How does the thickness of the sclera compare to the thickness of the cornea?
The sclera is double the thickness of the cornea. The center of the cornea is thinnest, followed by the periphery, then sclera.
What is the main purpose of the cornea and sclera?
The cornea and sclera help protect the eye.
What is the medical term meaning Inflammation of the sclera and cornea?
Keratoscleritis is inflammation of the sclera and cornea.
What is the difference between conjuctiva and conjunctiva?
This portion of the conjunctiva covers the anterior part of the sclera (the "white" of the eye). The bulbar conjunctiva stops at the junction between the sclera and cornea; it does not cover the cornea. Palpebral conjunctiva. This portion covers the inner surface of both the upper and lower eyelids.
Function of fibrous tunic?
Consists of the cornea and sclera. The fibrous tunic is the outer layer of the eye.
Pertaining to the cornea and the sclera?
Corneoscleral
What is the transparent outer layer of the eye called?
Sclera
What is the name of the tough outer covering of the eye?
The fibrous tunic is the outermost layer of the human eye. In specific areas are the sclera, or "white of the eye", and the cornea which is continuous of the sclera.
What is the transparent outermost part of the eye?
The ocular structures most resistant to direct injury are the cornea (the clear front of the eye) and the sclera (the white part of the shell around the eye). The cornea and the sclera are contiguous.
