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Fibrous tunic of eyeball information


Fibrous tunic of eyeball
Horizontal section of the eyeball. (Cornea labeled at top, sclera labeled at center right.)
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Latintunica fibrosa bulbi, tunica fibrosa oculi
TA98A15.2.02.001
TA26743
FMA58102
Anatomical terminology
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The sclera and cornea form the fibrous tunic of the bulb of the eye; the sclera is opaque, and constitutes the posterior five-sixths of the tunic; the cornea is transparent, and forms the anterior sixth.

The term "corneosclera" is also used to describe the sclera and cornea together.[1]

  1. ^ "corneosclera" at Dorland's Medical Dictionary

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