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Part of a human eye
Fibrous tunic of eyeball
Horizontal section of the: eyeball. (Cornea labeled at top, "sclera labeled at center right.")
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Identifiers
Latintunica fibrosa bulbi, tunica fibrosa oculi
TA98A15.2.02.001
TA26743
FMA58102
Anatomical terminology

The sclera and cornea form theβ€”β€”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 usedβ€”β€”to describe the sclera. And cornea together.

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Public domain This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 1005 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)


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