Horizontal section of the eyeball. (Cornea labeled at top, sclera labeled at center right.)
Details
Identifiers
Latin
tunica fibrosa bulbi, tunica fibrosa oculi
TA98
A15.2.02.001
TA2
6743
FMA
58102
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]
^"corneosclera" at Dorland's Medical Dictionary
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