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Body Regions > Head > Face > Eye > Sclera
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Terme préférentiel

Sclera  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Définition

  • The white, opaque, fibrous, outer tunic of the eyeball, covering it entirely excepting the segment covered anteriorly by the cornea. It is essentially avascular but contains apertures for vessels, lymphatics, and nerves. It receives the tendons of insertion of the extraocular muscles and at the corneoscleral junction contains the canal of Schlemm. (From Cline et al., Dictionary of Visual Science, 4th ed)

Concept générique

Traductions

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  • Sclera
  • Sclérotique

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-RM28S9NX-7

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RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD Date de création 01/01/1999, dernière modification le 29/04/2019