Fibrous tunic of eyeball

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Fibrous tunic of eyeball
Horizontal section of the eyeball. (Cornea labeled at top, sclera labeled at center right.)
Latin	tunica fibrosa bulbi, tunica fibrosa oculi
Gray's	subject #225 1005
Dorlands/Elsevier	t_22/12831843

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.

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v • d • e Sensory system – Visual system – Eye Fibrous tunic (outer) Conjunctiva • Sclera • Schlemm's canal • Trabecular meshwork • Limbus Cornea (Epithelium, Bowman's, Stroma, Descemet's, Endothelium) Uvea (middle) Choroid (Ciliary processes, Choriocapillaris, Bruch's membrane) • Iris (Stroma) • Pupil • Ciliary body Retina (inner) Macula • Fovea • Optic disc • Tapetum lucidum Anterior segment Anterior chamber • Aqueous humour • Posterior chamber • Lens Posterior segment Vitreous humour • Zonule of Zinn Intraocular muscles parasympathetic (Ciliary muscle, Iris sphincter muscle) • sympathetic (Iris dilator muscle) Appearance phenomena of the eye Eyeshine • Leukocoria • Red-eye effect • Red reflex Appearance phenomena by the eye Color appearance (Abney effect • Bezold-Brücke shift • Chromatic adaptation • Purkinje effect)